{"id":11842,"date":"2020-12-21T09:00:26","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T15:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.allaboutlearningpress.com\/?p=11842"},"modified":"2023-07-27T16:33:43","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T21:33:43","slug":"buddy-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.allaboutlearningpress.com\/buddy-reading\/","title":{"rendered":"Buddy Reading with Your Child"},"content":{"rendered":"\"Mother\r\n\r\n

Have you tried buddy reading<\/span>?<\/p>\r\n \r\n

Buddy reading is a great way to help your child gain fluency. In buddy reading, you and your child take turns reading by sentence, paragraph, or page. Also called paired reading<\/span> or partner reading<\/span>, buddy reading has multiple benefits, but perhaps the biggest benefit is that it prevents discouragement.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Learning to read is hard work, and for some kids disheartening!<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Imagine you\u2019re a child with significant reading challenges. You\u2019re faced with pages of text\u2014and you know that you\u2019ll have to sound out many of the words. You want<\/span> to be able to read the story, but it is so hard<\/span><\/a>. With buddy reading, you read alongside your child. She reads for a while, and then you read for a while. She no longer feels that she has to do it all on her own. With this method, she feels your support, and she learns from your fluent reading.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Because buddy reading has so many benefits, our customer support team often recommends this technique when coaching customers with young or struggling learners. I invited Robin from our team to share some real-life examples with us.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Here\u2019s Robin:<\/h2>\r\n

My youngest child, Belle, struggled to gain fluency<\/a> in her reading. She had to sound out every word of a story, and it would take her a long time to read even one page. She would get tired, then frustrated, and then discouraged. Often, she would be in tears by the time she finished a story. I tried having her read the story over a couple days, but then she would be in tears that she couldn\u2019t finish it in one day.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

So, I began buddy reading with Belle. We would read a short story over a period of three days.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Buddy Reading: Day 1<\/h2>\r\n\r\n

Belle reads the odd-numbered pages, and I read the even-numbered pages. Together we read through the story, alternating pages, until we reach the end of the story.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Here\u2019s a short video clip showing Day 1 in progress.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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