Learning To Read Has A Ton Of Competition and it is all easier

With learning to read there seems to be no magic bullet. If there is a magic bullet I think the magic bullet would be time. The more time you

Nowadays the kids have more distractions. Things we never had, like the computer and its games and DVDs. They still have the television and radio, and now MP3 as opposed to the tape players we had. We only had the TV to worry about. Then along came videos and that was about the limit to our study problems.

So learning is also about time management and the best way to use time. Parents and kids with good time management skills, get things done. But alas, time management is also something that needs to be learned. Therefore we have to learn before we can teach.

Goals and goal setting always pop up when the gurus start talking. Anybody can set goals but accomplishing the goals is what it is all about, and that is where the problem lies. With teaching reading the easiest goals to set are with time. “Every night we will read 20 minutes together.” That is a reasonable goal but can you stick to it. That is where time management comes in, so it is all related. 

Finding time, then doing something constructive in that time is the key to success. Finding 5 to 10 minute slots throughout the day is also very helpful. Reading labels in the supermarket or reading billboard advertisements. These all add up and all help. Finding things to read in your environment can be a fun and rewarding thing to do. “Don’t feed the bears.”

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