Comments on: Alex Is Reading! http://www.blisstree.com/articles/alex-is-reading/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:41:16 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Naydi http://www.blisstree.com/articles/alex-is-reading/comment-page-1/#comment-565331 Naydi Thu, 19 Mar 2009 09:36:06 +0000 http://www.blisstree.com/autismvox/?p=3921#comment-565331 Chris is hyperlexic- he loves identifying single words and short phrases, but hates reading anything long. His reading level is around the 2nd grade level- although he has trouble with "boring" words like and, or, the, is, etc- he's 4, so I'm assuming that will come. He's basically taught himself how to read, with the assistance of TV shows like Super Why and Word World (for about a year he insisted on watching both daily). He seems to not do well with phonics, although he does know his letter sounds, he seems to learn words in whole pieces. Story time at school they let him play with a bucket full of letters, because otherwise he will wander around the classroom or scream if they try to make him sit in the circle. He'll spell out words from the story, so they know he's listening! Chris is hyperlexic- he loves identifying single words and short phrases, but hates reading anything long. His reading level is around the 2nd grade level- although he has trouble with “boring” words like and, or, the, is, etc- he’s 4, so I’m assuming that will come. He’s basically taught himself how to read, with the assistance of TV shows like Super Why and Word World (for about a year he insisted on watching both daily). He seems to not do well with phonics, although he does know his letter sounds, he seems to learn words in whole pieces.

Story time at school they let him play with a bucket full of letters, because otherwise he will wander around the classroom or scream if they try to make him sit in the circle. He’ll spell out words from the story, so they know he’s listening!

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