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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My child read LOTR and the Hobbit with DH before kindergarten. So 4yo. They read for an hour each night from age 24 months until age 7. She could certainly comprehend it. And she could read a few pages at a time. On her own she was reading books like charlotte’s web before kindergarten.

She’s not the most advanced child I’ve ever met! And I’ve only met a small percentage of kids in the world. So I’d expect there are kids reading much better than her. This isn’t something you advertise. She’s not even in a gifted program. [/quote]

I say this as a child whose mom read to her a lot before bed, through middle school, and I plan to read to mine as long as they’ll let me.

At one point my mom read aloud To Kill a Mockingbird me. I don’t think it was BAD that she read the book to me but to be clear while I understood the words my mom was reading, I did not fully appreciate the significance of the rape part until I read it again on my own when I was much older. [/quote]

She understood enough of LOTR to enjoy it. I, like the poster above, wasn’t keen about the books. But this was DH’s thing. They read every night for about an hour together for 5 years. He had read dozens of novels to her before LOTR. He was reading chapter books to her before 2. She reread hobbit because she liked it so much.

She definitely had the patience and stamina. She also was a great reader herself. She had a good vocab. She was always ahead in reasoning. You know the old soul kids?

She read TKAM when she was 10. [/quote]

You’re DH reading LOTR to her at age 4 is not the same thing at all as giving a 4 year old the book, having her read it independently and comprehend it on her own. You really don’t understand independent reading level.[/quote]

Oh I agree. Her reading level was tested at 6th grade at the time. But she’s not the most gifted child I know. And I only know a few kids.  She could read a few pages at a time but they were reading together. Im sure there exist kids who are much more advanced than my dd. [/quote]

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