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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’d decouple your reading to her and her reading to herself. She’ll read, and it doesn’t really matter if it is next month or at the start of first grade. What she could lose is the love of words and reading because learning to read is a slog for some kids (my son and I are both dyslexic, so I know of what I speak). Read out loud to her (or let her listen to audiobooks) all the wonderful things that are at her cognitive level but beyond her reading level. Open doors for her she can’t open on her own. Plan to keep doing that for as long as she’ll let you - I read out loud to my son until he was 11 or so, just like my dad did for me.

When my son was in K I read him the first three Harry Potters, then took a break till he was in 2nd for the next few. After Potter we went through all the Percy Jackson books. He wasn’t a fan of the old classics I had loved so I didn’t push it - the point was to have him love the experience of reading.[/quote]

I echo this post and the one above it.  Unless you get to the point where your daughter is struggling to read and needs extra help outside of school to meet the standards, I'd focus on reading books that you enjoy.  There are a lot of benefits to being read to, and she will learn more advanced vocabulary, sentence structure, etc. from what you can read to her vs what she will start out reading.  Plus, I personally hated reading the easy readers out loud.

For shorter books, I liked Library Lion, Stellaluna, the Mercy Watson books (which will be books she can read herself once she learns) and the Anna Hibiscus books (ditto).

For longer books, I liked Charlotte's Web, The House at Pooh Corner, Little House in the Big Woods, Tumtum & Nutmeg, The Story of Diva and Flea, A True Home (Heartwood Hotel), Mr. Popper's Penguins and Stuart Little. [/quote]

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