emeraldkity4

My 14 yr old daughter at the beginning of 3rd gd ( she was 8) didn't know letter sounds and for all purposes could not read.
Because of her anxiety- she had been in a very small private school K-2 where she did well, except still was not making progress in reading and this really concerned me. I couldn't afford to pay both private school tuition and a tutor, so we placed her in public school the following year where she recieved an IEP and by the end of the year was reading Harry Potter.
I can't tell you the program that the teacher used, it was my impression that it was more neurological growth and steady attention than a particular program.
In 9th grade she is still doing very well, getting A's in most classes and reading regularly challenging books and enjoying them ( well she didn't like The good earth so much)
IF you want to try a program, I would suggest Kumon.
It takes you away from the role as tutor and has had very good results.
I also would look into the reading programs your district uses. Our school uses ReadRight for struggling students, but it is still regional.

As you knw reading delay isn't necessarily a sign of lack of intelligence ( and I would not place a child who is 6 under the category of reading delay- in Waldorf they dont even BEGIN to teach them till 7)
Her sister taught herself to read when she was 3, we have a ton of books in the house and I actually think that my younger daughter is more intelligent by the insight and understanding that she has. My younger daughter is much more physical than her sister was as a young child, are there other things that your daughter may be working on that are taking "away" from focus she could be spending on reading?
I agree with gettin gher evaluated, but she is still very young, they didn't used to teach kids so early- remember all those Spot & Puff books? That was first grade. Now they want kids to read chapter books!