motivated by a kid

omelet2000

I've been teaching my 4 year old son how to read. He has some speech difficulties but we've come a long way since a few months ago when he was having a hard time recognizing letters. He has been persistent and patient. It has been slow and steady progress but he has never gotten frustrated or felt hopeless. "C'mon let's go upstairs and do some reading!" - and he always says "OK!"
A couple pages at a time, 20-30 minutes a day.

I realized today that I can learn something from him. Keep going day after day and be excited about it; after a while you will see progress.

lilithsrose

To help with letter recognition, you could have him do something fun with them. I remember in elementary school, we would practice our letters and spelling words in a few different ways. Our teacher would put flour or shaving cream on the table and we'd use our fingers to write out words in it, or we made letters out of playdough.

softblondechick

You may want to contact the school district, he may be eligible for some early intervention and it would be a good heads up for them when he starts Kindergarten.

And yes, he is a good example of perseverance.kudos to him.