Can your LO read? What age did they learn?
My oldest is a little over 4 and can't read yet (I don't expect her to!) but I'm hoping to start working on it with her a little bit before Kindergarten before they really start to learn.
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LO is almost 5 and can read level 3 books and early chapter books (Mr. Putter and Tabby, Ivy and Bean, Cowgirl Kate, etc). She's an early reader though - she was reading Elephant and Piggie and Dr. Suess books by herself when she was 3. She just started learning herself when she was really little doing sight words unprompted before she was 2. She just naturally excels in this area.
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@sandy: that's amazing!
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She's just doing sight words now that she's 5and in K. I wanted her to have a bit more of a foundation before K but she really wasn't interested. I'm glad I didn't push because starting in the new school/class was the motivation she needed. And she's not behind by any means.
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Yes. She started sounding out words when she was 4. By 4.5 she was string together simple sentences. At 5 she's reading well. She's recently been assessed in Kinder and is reading at end of year levels.
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No. She has no interest. She is close to 4.5.
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No and she doesn't seem to have any interest in learning.
She's 4.
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He does a good job with patterned text and using cross-checking (picture matching to word to solve). When he comes to words he doesn't know yet he's starting to use the beginning letter sound to try and solve the word.
He's 4. Even if he weren't reading or beginning to read, I wouldn't be worried at all.
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Nope! I work with her on site words and letter sounds, but I don't expect her to start reading anytime soon. She's 4
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My son just turned 4 and has been reading for awhile. He's much further behind in gross motor though. He's just always been fascinated. He could read an elephant and piggie book on his own. We didn't work on it besides reading daily and I would always have him fill in words to books he knew as we went along.
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Nope he is four. I am not worried at all
he will learn when ready
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At 4-1/2 she has lots of interest in reading but it's just not clicking. We read to her all the time, but don't do much else. I guess we should work on that.
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nope, he is turning 4 next month.
I was intrigued though by his recent interest in me sounding out letters for him . He was mixing a bunch of letter magnets on the fridge and wanted me to read/sound out the letters to him. I feel this is perhaps the beginning stages of him understanding how reading works. And i started explaining to him that letters make sounds which together make words and we practiced a few sounds.
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DS will be 4 next month and he's very interested in reading. He can sound out easy words (dog, big, sand, etc.) and knows a couple of blends/digraphs that can help him (the various oo sounds, ou, sh, ch, etc.) But he also still mixes up I and l, and b and d, so it's very much a work in progress. Definitely a struggle with all the vowel patterns... But I'm glad he's interested! I haven't pushed at all, and don't intend to. But I was a teacher for a bit, and I LOVE doing it with him when he displays interest. He's only been interested/trying for about 3 weeks (he learned his letter sounds from Endless Alphabet...can't take any credit there
)ETA: It's totally become a bedtime-stalling technique. He knows it works, though.
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LO read a few words at two. A bit more at 3, a lot at 4, and most everything at 5. She tested at 2nd grade non-fiction comprehension the first week of kindergarten. She is a quick learner and loved word play from a young age. She had a few phases where books weren't her thing but she really likes it now that she is in elementary.
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No, she just turned 4, knows her letter sounds, can recognize her name and is just starting to write it. I have offered to write out letters that she can copy but she will have none of it, she wants to do it all by herself. I can just imagine what it would be like if I offered to teach her to read...
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My son started school this year and he couldn't read at all before. Now he's learning and making progress and seems to be keeping up with what he's learning at school.
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Nope. She'll be four early next year and would rather draw than read. That's cool with me. I too would rather draw than read.
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He's sounding out words, but can't fully read. He knows a small amount of words by sight. He's 3.5.
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My son is in kindergarten and will be 6 in December. He had no interest in reading at all, I tried to introduce sight words this summer and he was adamant that he couldn't read. I backed off because i didn't want to create bad associations.
I am waiting for his DIBELS assessment to come back from school, but from what I can tell, he can read sightwords as they learn them and we even managed to read a few pages of a Mo Williams book, but I am not sure where he is on comprehension.
I was an early reader, so the fact that he isn't is very difficult for me, but I am trying not to freak out.
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DS1 is 4.5 and can read his first and last name, but that is it. He doesn't seem close to it. We just read books together at home and they work on "literacy" with him at school - letter recognition, letter sounds, that kind of stuff. I read somewhere most boys read closer to age 6, so it's not even really on my radar yet.
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DD1 is 4.5, and nope. She has a handful of sight words that she can read & write on her own (her name, DD2 name, mom, dad, and dog's name), and is just learning more phonics/sounding out words & letters. She's actually never been THAT into reading or books, though...a couple books before bed most nights, but otherwise would almost always rather do art, imaginative play, or something super active.
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Yes, LO is 4.5 and she can read books. I really don't know when she started reading vs memorizing, since she memorized books at 3. I only realized she could really read earlier in the school year when we were at Costco and she started reading a brand new Dr. Seuss book to her little brother. She has a Brain Quest kindergarten workbook she likes to do, and she can read the instructions on her own.
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Wow, as a teacher I am blown away by how many said yes at ages 4-5! Amazing!!!!!
I teach first grade and maybe 5-6/20 come in able to read! They might know letter names/sounds and can decode single words /c/a/t/ but can't read sentences! -
Yes, he's 6. I started teaching him in earnest about a year ago, when he was about 5.5. We dabbled in it before then and he might have been able to get through a simple text like the BOB books (with much groaning because they're just not that interesting!) at that point, but he really got the hang of it this year.
I think it's to most kids' benefit for adults to spend whatever time would otherwise be spent on reading instruction before 6 or so on reading aloud. We probably started a bit too early.
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Yes, she could read somewhere around age 3-3.5. By 4 she could read early reader books like Frog and Toad. She is 5.5 now and reads chapter books to herself (Little House in the Big Woods, Charlotte's Web, the Hamster Princess series). I quiz her for comprehension. She has always been super verbal though, so although we read to her a lot, we didn't do any formal reading instruction. I suspect my DD2 will learn to read later than her big sis.
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@FaithFertility: I'm curious - how do you deal with kids who are ahead in reading?
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4.5 year old here and yes, he's been reading for a long time, maybe since 3. Same as others above, it was very natural and we didn't do anything and don't know how did this happen.
@Freckles: We talked to our teachers (pre-k) and we were told we should start asking questions about the books he read to make sure DS is not just reading, but understanding and comprehending what he read.
We were given an ipad app that has many digital books on it. It will read to you once, then a read alone option, and at the end, you will be asked 5 multiple choice questions about the book you just read (eg. what is the book about?). If you accomplished everything and answered all the questions right, you earn a certain # of stars. If you finish all the books it will unlock the next level of a batch of new books. So now we are at a level that on top of the 5 multiple choice questions, you need to answer a question where he has to actually type in a short sentence answer. The questions actually gets quite difficult and we only do this when he likes to do it. He would try to spell things and I'd help him.
DS was also given a reading bag every week, with a board game inside that is related to spelling and reading. Some of them are useful but some are so-so. I like this one where they were asked to draw cards and make words that starts with Th, Tr, cl, cr, ch, sh, wh ....etc.
DS's reading class teacher held a parent-teacher seminar on how to help kids reading for our grade (Pre-k) and at the end, she came to us and said we should probably go to her seminar for Kindergarten the week after. We didn't go because of our schedules, which we still regret ....!
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@irene: is it called Dreambox, or RAZ kids? We have three that we're supposed to be doing (math and reading) and I don't have it with me, but it sounds similar, in the levels, where you can have the book read to you and you can read it (and also record it so the teacher can hear it).
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No, and he's not super interested in learning to. But he does know all his letters and the sounds they make.
He can "read" (at least recognize) his name, mama, "no", and "yes". -
@looch: Raz Kids! Yes yes
RE: The recording option - hahaha. To be honest, I don't even know if our teacher ever listens to it. One time we talked to her and I brought up how it gets difficult with the "essay question" and what her thoughts are on that for a 4.5 year old. Then she was like oh I never know where does that go! LOL. So we figure she probably never listens to the recording either.Yesterday our recording was, DS verbally read a page, and DH would be saying in the background, "hurry up put on your shoes we have to get into the car", and DS read a few sentences, and I said in the background "don't forget to put your snack in your back pack". hahahaha.
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My 5 yo is starting to read. He likes to read together so he reads words he knows and I do the rest. Every week we try to add in a couple more easier words.
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DS is just starting. He knows all his letters and sounds and can blend sounds to spell simple words and sound words out. He doesn't have many sight words yet though other than his name, I, Stop and I think he knows no. He does well with highly patterned books with lots of picture support.
She's 4.
he will learn when ready
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