Learning to read, like learning anything else, is all about repetition. However, I have yet to come across a child who likes repetition.
This being said, the biggest struggle in teaching a child to read is mostly about overcoming the boredom that they experience when asked to repeat anything. This is especially true of children who are being home schooled.
There are, however, several things that you can do to overcome this.
Read to your child
Children struggle to do anything that they find meaningless. We as adults know how important the skill of reading is to not only their academic career, but also their job prospects in the future, for their basic survival on a day to day basis, and a myriad of other things.
Start by letting your child see the relevance of reading by reading to them. There is no specific age to begin; but of course the sooner you start the better. Ideally you should start reading to your child form the womb.
Children can hear their mother's voice clearly in womb and the slow rhythms of your reading will keep them calm and relaxed. Then once they are born, read to them at a regular time every day.
Simply by setting up this reading routine you are teaching your child the value of reading and soon it will become as natural to them as eating and sleeping. Reading is a habit.
It doesn't matter what you read to your child, and for the first few years they probably will not understand you anyway, but soon you will find that they begin to ask you questions about the text that you read, and soon they will be ready for you to teach them how to read.
Let your child see you read
Children learn by imitation and your child needs to see that you value books and reading. The best way to do this is for your child to see you reading.
All children idolize their parents and want to do everything they do. For this reason you can use their desire to imitate you to your (and of course their) advantage; you can teach your child to read.
In no time this need to imitate you will lead to them reading their own books.
You can also give your child books as spontaneous gifts, or as gifts on special occasions like birthdays or Christmas. Children always reflect our own values and once they see how much you value books and reading they will show you how much they value books and reading.
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