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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, my DD taught herself to read before K but it would have been much better if she hadn't.  [/quote]

Could you say why? (I have an early reader; K year will be next year.)[/quote]

Not PP but I agree with this.  My early reader is bored to tears in K and it's starting to manifest itself in behavior issues.[/quote]

It really depends on the kid.  DD was a strong and confident reader at the start of K and truly fluent by Christmas break.  She was way ahead of all but one classmate but wasn't the least bit bored.

Part of it is her personality, I think.  She's pretty go-with-the-flow, and at that stage was far too much of a rule-follower to act out or have behavior issues at school.

Also, I think she actually enjoyed the time spent on the the easier reading work.  It gave her a break between the more advanced writing and spelling work that challenged her.

She's in public school and was lucky to have a teacher who was quick to personalize the classroom work.  While the rest of the class matched pictures with their first letter (and later the phonics), DD and the other fluent reader in the class worked together to figure out how to spell those words in full.  Same with writing assignments.  DD and her peer were encouraged to write longer pieces with more detail, which definitely challenged them as much as their classmates were challenged with their work.  And they were pulled out to a side table from time to time to take turns reading out loud to each other, which was great experience.

Meanwhile, there was a huge range of reading ability in the rest of the class, with everyone making huge gains by the end of the year.  It's a very exciting time, developmentally.[/quote]

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