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[quote=Anonymous]My first grader can read very well (but she is one of the oldest kids in her class, nearly a year older than others - and that can make a really big difference). She could probably read some of the stuff mentioned earlier with regards to Greek Mythologies and Novels. But there is no way she wants to do that and there is no way I would ever press her to.  She chooses comics and graphics novels filled with an array of illustrations.  At this age, why not.  It is fun and it is providing her with such a great opportunity to practice reading, while also teaching her a bit about visual character cues, and she is having great enjoyment while doing it.  Mind you she has decided to take some of the huge graphic novels into the bathroom with her and sometimes we don't see her for an hour, and it is usually at bedtime, so there is that...   
Def don't sweat it if your kid is not as good a reader yet as other 1st Graders. It all probably flattens out by 3rd or 4th. My kid really only started reading "well" about 1/2 through the year, and it came out of nowhere.  [/quote]

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