When did your kid read pretty fluently?

[Anonymous]

My kindergartner can't really read. But she speaks three languages so her brain is busy with that. Reading will come - I won't worry about it until mid 2nd grade.

[Anonymous]

End of K doing CVC Bob books. We would read with DS everyday over the summer. It then just clicked and he took off and was reading fluently when he started 1st grade and by mid to end of 1st grade was reading at 2nd-3rd grade level.

[Anonymous]

For my older child, it clicked the summer between first & second grade. By the end of second grade, he was easily reading Harry Potter.
For kid 2, it’s been a slower process more than a sudden “clicking” (so far, anyway).

[Anonymous]

Generally they were all fairly fluid by early in the sixes, and able to read pretty much anything they wanted to by their seventh birthday. We used "Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons" at home, then segued into McGuffey's Revised and giant stacks of other stuff we have. Local public is heavily into Balanced Literacy nonsense, so we figured that we'd better take full ownership.

[Anonymous]

Her development is absolutely normal. She's fine! Most kids are reading on grade level together by 3rd, they just get there in different ways and at different times.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid entered kindergarten knowing how to sound out CVC words. She’s grown a lot in math and other areas in kindergarten, but she still mostly just sounds out CVC words and she’s added some sight words plush a few blends. But she can’t read-read. She can get through Bob books, but not much else. Is this normal doe end of K? When do kids read for pleasure? I thought she’d be able to do elephant and piggy by now, but even those are too hard (too many sight words, silent ‘e’, etc.

Where are your kindergarteners at this point in the year? Does the lightbulb typically go off in 1sr?

I'd work through "How to Teach Your Child To Read in 100 Easy Lessons" this summer. It will take you 10-15 minutes a night. When you finish the book your child will have the skills for silent e's and long vowels. Their reading will take off at school in the fall. They'll easily be ready for the Dear Dragon series.

[Anonymous]

My kindergartener can fluently read me a page of Magic Treehouse, but doesn't have the stamina yet to sit and read it on her own. It will come, but right now reading is still lots of work for her brain. She tires quickly and then gives up.

She'll read easier books independently, but those stories don't have enough interest to hold her attention. She needs to have enough stamina to read a few chapters in something like Dragon Masters on her own and sure she'll be a bookworm. It's coming.

[Anonymous]

I think it depends more and the age of the child rather than the grade. My girls are some of the oldest the class with September and October birthdays. They did not know how to read before K, but they ended K at level J (first born) and level L (second born and current kindergartener). They are both not the norm, but you can’t really compare a 6.5 year old with a 5.7 year old.

My eldest is finishing second grade and reading ALL THE TIME on her own in 2 languages many kids of books including Harry Potter and the likes. She is very smart also.

My second reads kids A to Z and loves the Dory Fantasmagory books or Tea Stilton (spell?).

I started reading with them (not to them) in k every night for 1 year. I think that helped a lot… what they do in school might not be enough and my girls are in private school where a lot of emphatic is out on reading and writing.

[Anonymous]

Age 4, maybe, started reading at 3. You have to put a heavy focus on reading at home. Some kids start very young and some don't start till older. Come mid-1st I'd worry and get an evaluation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You have to practice with them everyday, just what they do in school will not be enough at this age. I taught mine reading and writing at 3-4.

I wondered how long it would be before someone wrote that their child started reading while in the womb

Your child is right on target OP. There is such a wide range of normal as others have stated.

[Anonymous]

My kindergartener can read Bob books but I wouldn’t call her a reader. I think she memorizes a lot including some of Elephant and Piggies book. She can’t spell for sure!!! Does spelling come naturally once she knows how to read?

[Anonymous]

Never

[Anonymous]

Definitely a huge range but both of mine were similar. We didn’t push solo reading at all at home, and just read a ton to them. By end of K mine were similar to yours. Maybe like d/e level summer after k? Now at end of 1st grade my daughter is an excellent reader and way above grade level - reading easier chapters etc. For my son who is now a little older, he was around the same but didn’t get into reading solo (“hooked”) until 2nd grade when he finally got really into a particular series and never looked back. In my opinion the main takeaway is that we want to develop a love for reading - there’s no race or pressure.

[Anonymous]

My DD is in the second highest reading group in her class The highest group came in already reading. My DD's group will finish a little above grade level, at maybe level 10. From what she tells me, it doesn't sounds like she meets a lot with her reading group. So I bought a selection of level 1 readers and I have her read a bit to me nightly. That has made a big difference in her fluency.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DD is in the second highest reading group in her class The highest group came in already reading. My DD's group will finish a little above grade level, at maybe level 10. From what she tells me, it doesn't sounds like she meets a lot with her reading group. So I bought a selection of level 1 readers and I have her read a bit to me nightly. That has made a big difference in her fluency.

Op- I did the hooked on phonics app with my kids and they both learned pretty easily. It follows a typical phonics sequence and is good if you don’t have a ton of time to read with them or aren’t quite sure what comes next. It is a subscription service, but you may want to just get it over the summer and see what happens.

That said, reading CVC words at the end of K is normal!