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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Reading to your child an hour or every half-hour every night is the best method.  
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Please, pay attention to this, or you will create a life-long hater of reading.  Read fun books to your child (let them ake the lead/pick which books).  Do not make it a chore[/quote]

We read to my daughter every night. Her teacher complimented her on her extensive vocabulary and comprehension skills. But that doesn't change the fact that she struggles in reading and likes to guess words[/quote]

OMG. The only point of reading is comprehension. That's it. That's the point. Reading without comprehension is useless. And it's the comprehension part that's hard! Your DD has a huge headstart. Once she figures out the decoding, she'll be ahead of many of her peers because of that extensive vocabulary and comprehension skills. Plus, the listening comprehension skills she's developed from being read.to so much will serve her for the rest of her life. There is no real benefit to learning to read at 5 versus 7. None. And if learning to read at 5 means forcing your kid to sit with worksheets they hate, then it can actually be counterproductive. (I would also argue that if reading earlier results in parents stopping reading aloud earlier, then that's also bad. Young kids learn so much more from being read to than from reading to themselves.)

Seriously, look at your child with the extensive vocabulary and excellent comprehension skills. Look at your home, with books everywhere. Look at the kids a few years older all around her who have figured out how to read. She wil figure it out, too, and she won't need phonics at age 5 to do so.[/quote]

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