How my son Learned to Read and Write from the media.

July 4, 2008 deborahmasty
Tags: hesitant, struggling

The media is powerful from my point of view as i have seen a tremendous improvement in my sons reading and writing skills. At one of the visits i had with his teacher is when i found out that he was struggling with his reading and writing skills. From there i tried everything to try and help him improve on his reading skills first before i started on his writing skills. I bought books for him i thought he would be interested in, such as books on sports. I even made time to read with him but he just wasn’t into it at all. I went on the website on Sylvan Learning to see if there was something there that could help me find a way to get started when i thought i wasn’t getting anywhere with him. Then we had an Archie Comic book lying around, i saw him reading it, i didn’t do anything to approach him about it, because i was afraid he might stop reading it if i said something. We had bought a computer a few months before i knew that he had this problem, when i look back on it now i see that he was reluctant to try and use the computer for any reason except for playing music. So i had my sister create emails for me and my two  older sons. At first he was kind of hesitant to chat with anybody, but when he saw that his friends wanted to chat with him he became more determined to be able to read and write. In the beggining he was always asking me what a word said, or asked me to spell out a word for him. Once he built up his confidence  to read and write, I noticed that he asked for my help less and less when he was chatting with his friends. I was so proud of him when his teacher told me just how impressed she was with his writing skills. She said that he was able to write heart warming stories that really touched her. From his writing she was able to tell just how much he loved to be out on the land with his grandfather and his family. Today he enjoys bebo surfing,going on YouTube, chatting and typing on word perfect. I am so proud of him when i see him writing in his little book that he is always writing in. He writes short poems and songs he likes in that book.

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