{"id":5170,"date":"2011-05-26T10:36:13","date_gmt":"2011-05-26T14:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=5170"},"modified":"2013-12-13T15:35:31","modified_gmt":"2013-12-13T19:35:31","slug":"teaching-my-unteachable-daughter-how-to-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/teaching-my-unteachable-daughter-how-to-read\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching My &#8220;Unteachable&#8221; Daughter How to Read"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/gallery\/share-button-gray.png\" style=\"border:0px\" alt=\"Share\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_border=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"wrightslaw\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"Teaching%20My%20%22Unteachable%22%20Daughter%20How%20to%20Read%20\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 0px 6px; float: left; border: 1px solid black;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/nltr\/img\/woman.girl.read.cr.jpg\" width=\"102\" height=\"140\" \/>After reading your article, &#8220;<span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/read.wait.fail.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Waiting to Fail<\/span><\/a><\/span>&#8221; Instead of Teaching a Child How to Read, I had to write to add a &#8220;hooray&#8221; to your article!<\/p>\n<p>When my daughter was in elementary school, the school told us she would NEVER read. Being the Special Ed Teacher that I am, I did not believe a word the school told me about my daughter&#8217;s reading ability.<\/p>\n<p>I took a summer off to teach my &#8220;unteachable&#8221; daughter.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>My adopted daughter, who is now 25, has Fragile-X and Aspergers.<\/p>\n<p>That summer, I immersed her in words. I labeled everything labeled all over the house. I used alphabetic-phonics to teach her the basics. We read everyday!!<\/p>\n<p>She even tells people now that she HATED that summer of her life. But it was worth it!<\/p>\n<p>After a very long, long summer, school started up in the Fall. The teacher had &#8220;reading&#8221; time. She put Jenny over to the other side of the room to do her bead work.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Jenny Joins the Reading Circle<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WELL, my daughter put herself in the reading circle. Jenny sat there , but the teacher insisted that she had to leave. Jenny insisted a little harder!!<\/p>\n<p>When it came time for her to read, the teacher wanted to skip her!! Jenny showed the whole class what she could do.<\/p>\n<p>She was reading on a 2nd grade level-after just one summer!<\/p>\n<p>I got a call from the teacher that night wanting to know what I did!<\/p>\n<p>Alphabetic-phonics! It changed the way the school, and more importantly, how Jenny felt about herself!<\/p>\n<p>People should never give up! Jenny still isn&#8217;t fond of reading, but she can!<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">From Pam: Not Giving Up<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thanks for taking the time to write and share your and your daughter&#8217;s wonderful story.<\/p>\n<p>Re: not giving up on kids, we agree with you 100%. People learn differently. All kids don&#8217;t learn the same way or with the same method. If one method isn&#8217;t working, change to a different method &#8211; and that&#8217;s what you did.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s scary to realize that school people are ready to throw in the towel when kids are young.<\/p>\n<p>Diana King, the tutor who taught Pete to read, developed programs to teach reading to prisoners. Most had learning disabilities and hadn&#8217;t learned to read as children. But they did learn to read when they were adults when it is so much harder.<\/p>\n<p>More articles about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/read.index.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Reading<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/read.wait.fail.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">&#8220;Waiting to Fail&#8221; Instead of Teaching a Child How to Read<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After reading your article, &#8220;Waiting to Fail&#8221; Instead of Teaching a Child How to Read, I had to write to add a &#8220;hooray&#8221; to your article! 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