How can my daughter read more smoothly?

Answer 1

I'm making the assumption that this is related to your daughter's fluency and hopefully that's correct! If not, this answer may not be helpful.

1. Read aloud to your daughter. Children need to hear fluent reading in order to achieve their own reading fluency. Hearing an adult read smoothly and easily provides a model for how a child should be reading. Text can come from books, magazines, the internet, or anywhere you can find interesting reading material for your daughter.
2. Use choral reading. Choose a short passage that your child or students can read independently (although they may have trouble with fluency they should be able to recognize most of the words without spending too much time sounding them out). Before you begin, try to have a copy for yourself and one for your daughter. I recommend practicing the same passage aloud until fluency is achieved. Reading the same passage again and again will provide your daughter the recognition and repetition needed to reach fluency. Start by reading a short passage (no longer than 100 words) aloud to your daughter. Then have your daughter read the same passage back to you until it becomes effortless for them.
3. Support and encourage your daughter. Realize that she is likely frustrated by reading.
4. Practice the "follow the finger" method while reading. Encourage your daughter to follow the words on the page with their finger as you read them aloud. This will help her build stronger connections between spoken words and their written form.
5. Re-read best loved books. Practice makes perfect. It doesn't matter how often your daughter wants to read a certain book; rereading the books she loves makes valuable practice for becoming a fluent reader. With each reading, your daughter will become faster, more confident, and more expressive.
6. Lastly, my personal favorite (only applicable if you have a pet), read aloud to a family pet. Reading to a dog, or any pet, will give your daughter a safe environment to practice her reading, make mistakes, and grow as a reader. For struggling readers who need to practice reading to build their reading confidence and fluency, the feeling of safety with an animal allows for uninhibited reading risk and practice. If you don’t have a pet in your household, you can find programs for reading to animals through libraries, hospitals, and schools.

Throughout her reading journey, the best thing that you can do is to support her as she strives to improve. I hope this helps!

Answer 2

Have her reread passages or books she read to you orally last week. Let enough time pass so that she hasn't "memorized" the passage/book. Make sure the book is on her reading level. Also, make sure she is not feeling pressure to be perfect/read perfectly. Sometimes adults put pressure on children without realizing it. Reassure her that it's okay to make mistakes. Children are learning all the time. If she self-corrects that is wonderful. It's an early reading skill and will cause a "bumpy read. It indicates that she is an active reader when self-correcting.

Also, reading is a fun activity so keep it light and relaxing. With practice reading orally she will become a fluent reader.

Answer 3

There are many ways of helping your daughter read more smoothly. One method is the Neurological Impress Method. Sit next to her and read with her. Make sure it's a subject or story that she really enjoys. When she reads by herself, there shouldn't be more than five words she misses on a page.