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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What's the point of reading early if they don't understand?  It doesn't encourage reading for pleasure.  Better to wait until they learn because they are motivated.[/quote]

My DD started reading early because it brought her so much pleasure.  She was reading for more than an hour a night when she was still 4-years-old at a 3-4th grade level.  She is in kindergarten now and the teachers work with her on story elements with easier books, but she still reads at a much higher level at home because she wants to, she understands it, and she enjoys it.  She still reads for about 1.5 hours a night on the days she reads before bed (about 4/7 nights.)  She enjoys reading the more difficult books for pleasure.  She comprehends them enough to enjoy them.  And, her teachers work with her at school at about a second grade level in language arts.  They are talking about main ideas, characters, settings, making predictions, etc.  Her comprehension is great.  Her teacher said she has a fabulous memory for details, but she needs to learn to analyze the text, and that will come with a little instruction.

DD is probably not the typical early reader.  I agree that if the early reading stems from drilling of phonics, comprehension might lag, but that is definitely not the case in every situation.  [/quote]

Not even a humblebrag...just a brag, brag,brag.  [/quote]

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