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Adventures of a Reluctant Reader

Learning at an Individual Pace

By Tara Swords

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Alison took a proactive approach and had her daughter tested, only to learn that – although an advanced child – Lexie had learning differences that were keeping her from reading at the same level as other children her age. Alison decided the best way to help her daughter adapt to her own learning style was to avoid pushing her too hard. But it really bothered Lexie that she excelled in all areas except reading.

"I think it was her own expectation," Alison says. "She was used to being at the top and was used to being the kid who could zip up her jacket when the other kids couldn't or the kid who could skip first. With reading, she was developmentally at the other end. Her way of dealing with it was just not dealing with it – period."

Lexie was gifted in many other areas, and excelled at school. And because her mother understood the importance of reading, she found ways around her daughter's learning difference. For example, when Lexie's school class read Harper Lee's classic To Kill A Mockingbird, Alison and Lexie took turns reading the book aloud to each other. When they went on a family vacation, Alison got some books on tape for her daughter. Later, when those books were assigned in school, Lexie had a much better time getting through them.

Anderson encourages other parents to take the same course of ction if their children don't enjoy recreational reading.


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