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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here -- Thanks for the various responses.  We're way on top of it about reading at home.  He goes finishes a chapter book (like Magic Tree House) on his own every couple days and we read chapters together every night. And I don't think he's a "snowflake"  (in fact, he can be a real PITA sometimes ;)) but I want him to be challenged in his reading at school.  Studies say the majority of kids are all at the same level of reading, even out, by 3rd grade.  But is this in part b/c the ones who were advanced in K, haven't been pushed and didn't grow as much as they could?

We do a lot at home but there's also a reason I send him to school.  sigh...[/quote]

No, I think it really is because the brain can be ready to read anytime between 4 and 8 and there is nothing that parents can do to accelerate it.  As long as he is really reading for comprehension and you are keeping him in books that interest him, then I think you are fine.  You could steer the reading into non-fiction if there is some topic you wanted him to delve deeply into.[/quote]

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