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[quote=Anonymous]My son sounds like your daughter.  He is five now and will be in kindergarten this fall.  For over a year now we have been gradually teaching him reading.  He goes through phases where he is really interested, and for 2-4 weeks we spend every night practicing with him reading an early reader (with help). Bob books have helped with this.  We point out familiar words, practice writing words in books and on the fridge magnets, etc.  Plus we read a ton to him and do other things that naturally build vocabulary and comprehension.  He even went through a phase where he was reading Dr. Seuss books in the car on the way to school every day. That being said, after the excitement wears off, we stop cold turkey with the "instructional" component. Bob books go away.  I stop asking if he wants to practice. Etc.

I do not push him to pick it back up.  He has gone 2-3 months between these sessions.  We still read to him plenty and we do everything else you can think of to naturally develop his literacy. But we do not "teach" during these gaps.

We start back over with the Bob Books and more "instruction" when he gets excited again.  Each time its a little easier, move a bit faster through the materials, but as soon as it becomes too much, we back off again. This has been a rotation for us about a year and a half. At this point, he has got a good handle on CVC words and between 10-20 sight words.  Slow going.

I was fine with him wanting to learn early, but I was not fine with pushing it too hard.  This has worked for us.  He will be a bit ahead, but I don't think he will be reading independently by kindergarten.  Right now, he wants to focus on learning all the characters in star wars more than he wants to read. [/quote]

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