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[quote=Anonymous]Reading specialist here:

No need to do anything to support your advanced reader besides continuing to give them plenty the highest-level fiction and non-fiction books, magazines, comics that have a subject matter that is still appropriate for their developmental age.

They will not "stall out". on their reading or miss some golden opportunity to become a reading genius.  Lots and lots of wide exposure of appropriate subject matter will give all the background knowledge and vocabulary they need to become an academic super star later on.

Please remember to continue to read out loud to your child--maybe from books like The Hobbit or The Earthsea cycle by Ursula LeGuine or The Chronicles of Narnia.    Just because they theoretically *could* decode these books independently doesn't mean that *should*.  They still need to hear you read out loud so they can engage their imagination, hear the rhythm and syntax of the language and practice those higher level reading skills like prediction, character analysis, understanding theme and plotting.  Plus, just assiociation of the joy and closeness that these shared readings will bring.  This is an antidote to the HUGE drop off in reading for pleasure that I see by about 5th grade, even by our highest readers.

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