When a struggling reader looks at the word “boat” and blurs out “ship,” or looks at the first letter and guesses wildly, they are using coping mechanisms. They aren’t being lazy; they are trying to bypass a page that looks visually overwhelming or unstable. If the letters inside a word are overlapping or shifting, looking at the picture or guessing by context clues feels much safer to their brain than trying to decode a moving target.

If your child is guessing instead of reading, let’s identify the underlying root cause.

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