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why?  what is the benefit of reading at 5 instead of 7 (from a life long reader, English major, who learned to read in 1st grade along with all my classmates).[/quote]
I don't know statistically, [b]but I think kids (people) are more likely to enjoy things they feel good about[/b].  My husband (very smart, advanced degrees) still complains that he reads very slowly and he doesn't like it.  Luckily he's dedicated enough to just do what he needs to do, but it isn't enjoyable and never something he'd do for pleasure.  I was an early reader and I've always just loved reading.  The more you do it, the better you are it, and I think it is the reason that I've always been good at standardized testing.  So far my son seems perfectly average but he thinks he's bad at it and resists it. [/quote]

yep.  and they won't feel good about it if they think they aren't good at it because they are being asked to do it before they are ready to do it.  And then the label sticks so that when they are ready, they already think they suck at it.  [/quote]

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