Dd4.5 can read simple beginner books now. However, she hates reading because it takes effort and goes slow. She guesses a lot and gets frustrated when her guesses are wrong. She can easily read words like beautiful when they are presented in context but struggles with simple words like why, that, etc. I bought her sight word flash cards even though I don't really like using flash cards. She seems to have picked up many of the words and is happy when she encounters them in text as she can read those quickly. I read Peggy Kaye's Games for Reading book and really liked many of the ideas. I am now using them in the homeschool with mixed results. I also do shared reading with dd, especially the mo willems books where we can each be a character. All of these strategies are helping a little but not as much as I would like. I am wondering if there are other ideas to improve her reading speed and fluency so that it is not so much of a chore. Or should I just back off for now.
