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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kindergartener is right in the thick of learning to read -- she knows all the letters and their sounds and can sound out words with support, and is starting to gain real phonetic understanding. But she still can't sit down and just read a book on her own. But it does feel like this is probably coming in the next 6 months or so, especially with the support she'll now get at school (my understanding is that they do a lot more reading practice in kindergartener whereas there wasn't really much in PK)/

We have been reading a combination of picture books, early readers, and chapter books to her through this process. Do people have specific book recommendations for this age/reading level that were a hit with your kids? We'd especially love books that you read to your kids and then became the first books they read on their own (do those exist?). She loves books and loves being read to and we want to keep that interest alive through this process. She's a bit of a perfectionist and I think one reason she doesn't attempt to sound out words unless prompted is that it is so much harder than just having us read to her. We aren't going to stop that, but we'd love books that might inspire her to try it out on her own and will accommodate her level and help her to feel successful quickly. I'm guessing that means early readers but I've struggled to find good ones she finds engaging.[/quote]
This is a good stage to do How to Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons.  It's a great foundation.[/quote]

Not being snarky -- is there a potential that doing this will conflict with/confuse what they are teaching in kinder? My DD is at the same point and she is eager so I want to feed the interest but now that she is finally in "real school," I am worried about confusing the issue. [/quote]

NP- I taught my kids with this before they went to "real school" and there is no conflict. Kids enter K/1st with a wide variety of reading/writing abilities. Teachers do not have the time or the inclination to "undo" any reading skills that have already been learned at home or in pre-school and reteach them in the school's preferred way. If your child enters K as a reader, they will be given materials to read a their level. The teach will spend more time on the kids who don't have reading skills. At least that has been my experience, but I'd be curious to hear if someone actually did have conflicts with their children's K teacher over reading skills that were acquired before school.[/quote]

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