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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Age and birth order makes huge difference OP.

My current 1st grader is reading simple chapter books like Half Magic. He also reads a lot of Dog Man graphic novels and Who would Win. He’s above grade level - but he also turned 7 in November and has an older brother which adds to the availability of books at higher reading levels.

My older child is identified as gifted and was reading things like Step into Reading Level 1 and 2 books in 1st grade. He turned 7 in July after 1st grade. He also had remote school for all of 1st grade and I used “Teach your child to read in 100 lessons” when covid ended kindergarten for him in March and he was just starting to sound out CVC words. [/quote]

I try to be careful with Dog man books because the English is broken. My kids love them but we sometimes go over it and explain when there are English errors[/quote]

Thanks for the advice, but both my kids are identified as gifted and strong readers for their age. They understand the difference between humorous or colloquial dialogue and standard English. The older one complete the Mensa reading list for K-3rd in 2nd grade and the younger one is on pace to do the same, so they also get plenty of exposure to “classics”.

My mom was school librarian for 30 years and she feels strongly that the best books for kids to read are the books they WANT to read. Just because kids CAN read harder or more sophisticated books, as long as they are on grade level, it’s more important to develop a love of reading. [/quote]

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