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[quote=Anonymous]Obviously kids learn to read at different times, and progress at different rates.  Absent a developmental or medical issue (dyslexia for example), my personal view is that reading at that beginning age/grade level is just so individual based that advice has limited value.

So - having said it is of limited value- I would say that you should start or keep reading aloud.  The point being to show reading can be fun.  We did Harry Potter series, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe series and others.  30-45 minutes a night.  Keep lots of good, easy reading books immediately on hand.  Boy them second hand if you want.  We have accumulated several hundred by now.  The kids would go grab a favorite to (more or less) read after bedtime stories.

Our kids all learned at their own pace.  The oldest finished first grade barely reading at first grade level.  By early second grade he was reading book 3 of Harry Potter by himself because we were moving too slow.  His younger sister took forever to read at grade level.  But, she got into the Twilight series in 7th grade and blew through that and started others afterwards.  Keep at it.  Keep encouraging.  Keep trying different books.

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