| ems that practically every day, there is a new fad in | | | | especially for learning disabled students – can |
| teaching kids to read. Fortunately, kids learn to read | | | | be a long and difficult struggle. Nonetheless, it is |
| using a wide variety of styles, so No matter what is | | | | worth sticking to it. |
| in fashion, most of the kids will have very little | | | | If your child is having a problem learning to read, it is |
| trouble. Unfortunately, No matter what teaching | | | | crucial that you get him or her tutor. Above all, do |
| curriculum is used, some kids have trouble learning to | | | | not go to one of the big learning centers. The best |
| read. There is no single answer on how to learn | | | | places to learn to read are small, independent tutoring |
| reading, but if your kid is having difficulties with it, | | | | clinics. Learning to read from the big factories is |
| there are many things to try. Unfortunately, there | | | | almost always a mistake. They tend to teach out of |
| are even more things to avoid. | | | | a book, and are not able to tailor their programs to |
| You see, teaching kids how to read is big business. | | | | individual children's learning styles. As a parent of a |
| This means that anytime someone can come up with | | | | student having trouble learning to read, you need to |
| a new program that promises to solve all of your | | | | understand as quickly as possible that there is no |
| learning to read problems, they can make a lot of | | | | simple answer to your child's learning problems. Only |
| money off of it. The more unscrupulous the business, | | | | through a combination of strategies will your child |
| the more money they stand to make off of learning | | | | successfully learn reading. |
| to read. When I worked as a tutor, I saw this all the | | | | Unfortunately, a lot of parents make bad decisions at |
| time. We would often lose kids to clinics that would | | | | crucial stages. If your child is having trouble learning to |
| promise to raise their reading level 3 to 5 years in six | | | | read, the longer you wait, the worse things get. He |
| weeks! This promise was impossible, of course, but | | | | or she will feel stupid, hopeless, and worthless. I have |
| they would prey off of hopeful parents who just | | | | even seen kids give up learning to read because they |
| wanted to solve their kids reading problems and have | | | | have little success with the programs their parents |
| it over with. In reality, learning to read – | | | | try. |