Joanna Fortune: My daughter is struggling with reading in senior infants

If you push reading too hard and too soon at home, you could inadvertently turn your daughter off reading

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My daughter is in senior infants and struggling to learn how to read. She gets very upset whenever we do the reading homework, even when I try to turn it into a game. Her teacher says not to worry, as children learn to read at their own pace, but I'm concerned she is falling behind. Is there a way to make reading fun?

It's important to listen to her teacher—all children master reading at their own pace. Pre-reading is generally considered “pre-reading” in junior and senior infant classes, with the reading part developing in first class.