I have often wondered at my son's ability to read wonderfully, but not retain one word. I never had that problem growing up. If it was a story I could retell it. His father has the same problem though. He often has to reread a passage to fully retain it. I wanted to find a way to train my son to recall easily what has been read. I found workbooks and countless other things that simply didn't work for him. Here is what I came across that did work, and has worked quite well.
If you can start out when your children first are learning to read this is so much easier. I was unable to do so. Begin with smaller books. Read the story to your child and have them tell you the story back. This is called narration. Encourage them to draw a picture about what you have read when they are too young to write. When they are a little older have them discuss with you what you have read. We will talk about several chapters of a book for several weeks and simply continue to build until the book is complete. We re discuss everything we read many times this way. Once this is mastered have them write their narration down. Increase the difficulty level of the material read over time. Include school texts as well. This method works!!! It takes patients on the parents part, but over time you will see a great improvement. You will eventually be able to turn them loose with a text and have them write or discuss with you what they have read on their own. This narration style of comprehension teaching lays the ground work for all sorts of memory work. It is well worth your time and effort to give it a try I promise. Remember, not every method works for every child. Find what does and go at it full tilt.
Happy Teaching
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