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[quote=Anonymous]I gently suggest you slow down.  Most 4 year olds are not developmentally ready to read.  It's not something you can push if your DC (SN or not) isn't ready.  Two of my three kids have SNs and NONE of them were ready to read at age 4 and even my NT DD wasn't ready when she entered K.  And, research indicates the greatest predictor of achievement  is the parental education level http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2853053/ .  I know in this hyper-competitive area there is a lot of pressure on kids' academic achievement but don't drink the Koolaid.  Exposing your kids to books, providing them education opportunities (like going to the library and letting your DS choose books, going to museums, spending quality time together, reading to your child, etc.) are sufficient for K prep.  If your DS is later diagnosed with an LD, you can work with the teacher to reinforce at home what he's learning at school.

If you have other concerns about your DS, have him evaluated by Child Find and a dev ped and get him into a county special ed preschool. Your DS doesn't need to be reading until the end of K and even if he's not at that point there's still time for him to catch up. My oldest didn't get an IEP until the end of K, left K not reading but as a 7th grader is well advanced in reading.[/quote]

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