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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our early readers like to read, are good readers, strong academically.

The studies claiming everything evens out by 2nd/3rd grade were narrowly focused children from deprived homes who were enrolled in Head Start. Those results really do NOT apply to most children. [/quote]

Can you explain what you mean? Are you saying that you think early readers are more likely to be academically strong?

My observation is that once you eliminate learning disorder (specifically dyslexia) from the equation, it doesn't matter if kids learn to read at 3.5 or 7, in terms of predicting academic success. Especially since reading instruction starts earlier now than it used to -- kids now get pre literacy in preschool and phonics in kindergarten, whereas when I was a kid we sang our ABCs in kindergarten and that was it, and I was taught to read in 1st grade. Now that would be considered late, but back then that was normal and anyone who learned to read on their own before that was "early" and kids who started 2nd without basic reading skills were late.

I think that by starting reading instruction earlier, we've expanded the time that is considered "normal" to encompass ages 4.5-7, which is a really broad range.[/quote]

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