When (and how) did reading click for your kid?

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I taught some first graders who came in reading and then were passed by other kids who flew past them.

[Anonymous]

Age 5 after we taught them.

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Anonymous wrote:My super high IQ oldest kid didn't start reading until he was 5, and by 7 was testing at end of high school level reading comprehension. He was NOT one of those "reading at 3!" kids, at all. Clearly his lack of early reading was not indicative of a lack of ultimate ability on that front.


His also pretty darn high IQ brother is now 6 and in 1st grade, and it's just starting to click for him. He's my second >140 IQ kid who was in no way, at all, reading at age 3 or 4, and hardly at all at 5. Age 6 was when he really started. Seems like he will do fine as well, despite probably not even recognizing his letters until age 4.

How is this even quantified? Did he take the SAT or something?

Right.lol

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My super high IQ oldest kid didn't start reading until he was 5, and by 7 was testing at end of high school level reading comprehension. He was NOT one of those "reading at 3!" kids, at all. Clearly his lack of early reading was not indicative of a lack of ultimate ability on that front.


His also pretty darn high IQ brother is now 6 and in 1st grade, and it's just starting to click for him. He's my second >140 IQ kid who was in no way, at all, reading at age 3 or 4, and hardly at all at 5. Age 6 was when he really started. Seems like he will do fine as well, despite probably not even recognizing his letters until age 4.

How is this even quantified? Did he take the SAT or something?

IQ testing was in educational evaluation context; achievement testing for reading component.

What test? I'd love to know the test that can tell that by age 7, a child reads and comprehends as well as a high schooler. Comprehension has much to do with experiences.

I tested several grades higher in 4th grade. So did many of my classmates. I wouldn't take much stock in the results.

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Anonymous wrote:I heard that in Denmark they don't start teaching kids to read until age 7, when all kids are developmentally ready. Can anyone confirm this?

Not sure about Denmark, but in Russia kids start school - first grade - at age 7. Many come to first grade already knowing how to read (those who attended preschool), but some don't.

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Anonymous wrote:My DD started reading during the spring of 1st grade, a couple months before her 7th birthday. She went from knowing only a few sight words and laboriously sounding out words to reading chapter books in the span of about a week. It really did happen overnight. She's now in 4th grade and probably the best reader and writer in her class. Now we have our DS currently in 1st grade and he's really struggling with learning to read. It just isn't happening right now. We certainly practice at home a ton, we read to him, and lhe listens to lots of audio books. I'm hoping that it just clicks for hiim, too, during the next few months.

Curious how you know this. We get such little information home from school from about 3rd grade onward.

[Anonymous]

Now we have our DS currently in 1st grade and he's really struggling with learning to read. It just isn't happening right now. We certainly practice at home a ton, we read to him, and lhe listens to lots of audio books. I'm hoping that it just clicks for hiim, too, during the next few months.

This is the beginning of October, OP. I taught first grade--lots of kids click in after the New Year. Don't know why, but they did.

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Anonymous wrote:I heard that in Denmark they don't start teaching kids to read until age 7, when all kids are developmentally ready. Can anyone confirm this?

Not sure about Denmark, but in Russia kids start school - first grade - at age 7. Many come to first grade already knowing how to read (those who attended preschool), but some don't.

I think this has always been exaggerated. I have not heard much about Denmark, most people use Finland when they say this. Finish children start elementary school at 7. but the state owned public free preschool starts something like 3 and most kids attend those.

I also read somewhere saying that Finish is a very easy language while English is not. The person who wrote that article claimed that it is not feasible to do what they do in Finland here due to that linguistic difference. Who knows how does that compare to Danish. But Danish is a very difficult language apparently.

[Anonymous]

DD1 began reading simple sentences at 3. She just picked it up. She learned to sound out letters and put the sounds together early on. She took off flying from there! At 4, she now reads longer stories regularly to DD2. We frequently ask questions about what she's reading to make sure she's comprehending.

[Anonymous]

My third grader still struggles with fluency. I'm not sure it will ever "click" for him.

It clicked for my first grader when she was in kindergarten. She's now pretty much as good of a reader as my third grader.

[Anonymous]

My third grader still struggles with fluency. I'm not sure it will ever "click" for him.

At this point, just encourage him. He may find a series of books that intrigues him. My daughter always said that K.A. Applegate was her "gateway drug to reading."

[Anonymous]

for my daughter it happened in the summer between 1st and 2nd. we read to her since she was 3 months old and she always loved the reading time, but we needed to be the ones reading. reading by herself was a chore she hated, easy books were not interesting and she generally did not like it. she finished 1st grade a half a year behind, I even thought of having her repeat the grade. before leaving for vacation, I bought 24 little books for her to read. I also bought a collection of old Avengers comics from 1964, the year by DH was born, as a gift for him. DD loved the Avengers because she had just saw the movie. in short, she did not open a single of her 24 books, but spent the summer, hours a day, reading the collection of comics (certainly much more difficult to read than her books, but she loved them, and kept reading them over and over). she started loving reading by herself and now in 4th grade she reads chapter books (small print, no images).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:for my daughter it happened in the summer between 1st and 2nd. we read to her since she was 3 months old and she always loved the reading time, but we needed to be the ones reading. reading by herself was a chore she hated, easy books were not interesting and she generally did not like it. she finished 1st grade a half a year behind, I even thought of having her repeat the grade. before leaving for vacation, I bought 24 little books for her to read. I also bought a collection of old Avengers comics from 1964, the year by DH was born, as a gift for him. DD loved the Avengers because she had just saw the movie. in short, she did not open a single of her 24 books, but spent the summer, hours a day, reading the collection of comics (certainly much more difficult to read than her books, but she loved them, and kept reading them over and over). she started loving reading by herself and now in 4th grade she reads chapter books (small print, no images).

Good point for reluctant readers- comic books and graphic novels work well. My DS loves Amulet, Bone, and just plain old comic books. Books with good graphics like Geronimo Stilton or funny books like the Wimpy Kid series may help kids get over the hump of "liking" to read around 3rd grade.

There are some amazing picture books out there. One thing I do is "strew" books. I leave kids books in the car (a great place to put a couple of books by the way), on the coffee table, at the kitchen table, etc. I go to the library and pick up a variety of fiction and non fiction because I never know (and have been surprised) what will catch his attention.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is encouraging. Our DD is in first grade and she's not there yet. I was looking forward to the end of this year when will hopefully be able to read well on her own (and enjoy it)... I think we just really need to focus on it this year. Problem is, like PPs, she gets so frustrated when she reads with DH and I.

Both mine were like this, too. Don't let her get frustrated, choose books where she gets most of the words, so she will enjoy reading.

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Anonymous wrote:My third grader still struggles with fluency. I'm not sure it will ever "click" for him.

It clicked for my first grader when she was in kindergarten. She's now pretty much as good of a reader as my third grader.

Has your 3rd grader been assessed for LDs?