As to the Sesame Street kerfuffle. My oldest two watched it all the time. The youngest wasn't so interested. I also read nightly to all three kids. Sesame Street really can't be blamed for kids not learning to read without bouncing letters.
The most important thing to boost reading comprehension and interest is to read to your damn kids.
I had started reading to my oldest when she was quite small. When baby number two came along four years later I would have child one hold the book while I fed the baby. I would read and tell her when to turn the page till she knew well enough on her own. So both were, in essence, being read to. I read to my son every night till he was about ten years old. He happened to like more advanced books and we read the Hobbit, the uncensored Tom Sawyer, and the Chronicles of Narnia...after reading the Little Critter books about a bazillion times.
If you plop your child in front of SS and figure they will learn to read and do nothing else it's probably not going to work. You use all the tools you have and adapt to the abilities and interests of each child.
It's humorous to watch two idjits who haven't raised kids discuss how it should be done.
The most important thing to boost reading comprehension and interest is to read to your damn kids.
I had started reading to my oldest when she was quite small. When baby number two came along four years later I would have child one hold the book while I fed the baby. I would read and tell her when to turn the page till she knew well enough on her own. So both were, in essence, being read to. I read to my son every night till he was about ten years old. He happened to like more advanced books and we read the Hobbit, the uncensored Tom Sawyer, and the Chronicles of Narnia...after reading the Little Critter books about a bazillion times.
If you plop your child in front of SS and figure they will learn to read and do nothing else it's probably not going to work. You use all the tools you have and adapt to the abilities and interests of each child.
It's humorous to watch two idjits who haven't raised kids discuss how it should be done.
I'm your huckleberry.
