Don't worry too much about it. It clicked for my daughter in first grade and her reading just continued to rapidly improve from there, to the point where she could read most children's books before age 7 (as opposed to just the extremely basic "see spot run" types of books). Prior to first grade, I'm not sure I would've actually described her as "reading" but I would've said she's learning to read or building the foundations for reading.

Wow so many early readers! Now I feel like I’m doing something wrong. DD turned 5 two weeks ago and she definitely cannot read. We read to her since she was 6 months old. She has shown a lot of interests in books and she loves being read to. She can’t read though!

DD, young 5 in kindergarten, just had it “click” for her with reading around November. So not quite 5.5.

DS started reading early reader books (three sentences per page situation) around 3.5/4, reading slightly more per page around 4.5, strong reader for a Kindergartener, was reading Harry Potter first book in 1st grade. After that it's a blur because he's a voracious reader (is now in 7th grade).

I read to him from about birth and when I read, I ran my finger under each word - a lot of it was super simple text (letters, numbers, colors, spacial, short text books). Could've had nothing to do with him being an early reader. Its a crapshoot.

For my daughter, it clicked in Spring of Kindergarten and her reading skills took off from there. My son is in first and is still not a fluent reader. He's been gradually improving but has not had that moment where it all just falls into place. He's not behind the standards, but is definitely in the lower half of the class. I'm sure he'd be further ahead if school had been normal for the last year and I'm also sure he'll catch up with no problem when he's ready.

Mine went into K knowing only the letters, no reading whatsoever and by Christmas he was reading well; for example he could read a Pete the Cat fluently.

Both kids learned the spring of their kindergarten year. We read a lot to them but yay teachers!

Wow, shocked by these early readers! That's awesome.

My daughter is in 1st grade (6.5) and it is just starting to click for her to read a full early reader book all the way through. She is great at math but is pretty intimidated by reading. She has had all the skills for at least a year and just needs to build her confidence. Her reading progress has definitely been slowed by being in virtual school.

My 4.5 year old can tell you all the letter sounds and rhymes very well, but doesn't yet break words into sounds or sound out words.

DS4 started at an AMI Montessori preschool at 3 (fall 2019) and was starting to read Bob books in four months. His school closed last spring and we didn't do a lot of academics at home from March to August. He knew most of the letters (but not phonetic sounds) when he started school.

I've been homeschooling since September and he's doing really well. We're starting the All About Reading Level 2 program this week, and he is starting to spell out four letter words in the Spelling You See workbooks.

We really didn't have any expectations for him to start reading in preK but he really blossomed in that environment.

Anonymous wrote:DC #1 was reading at 3

DC #2 was reading at 7

We read to both, had tons of books in their rooms, in their playroom (like toys, they were everywhere). Both are in HS magnet programs now. Personally, I think its like riding a bike, they all learn at different times, and when they get it, they get it.

Same here. But not in HS magnets. Both are in FCPS AAP program.

DC #1- suddenly fully reading at 4.5 year old
DC #2- slowly sounding out words around age 5 and building fluency in fits & starts. Achieving fluency around 8th birthday.

Older started at 4.5 with the 100 lessons book, he's a fantastic reader now at 5.5 But we also read to him for birth.

Younger is 19 months. She knows the letters A (Ah!) and B (buh!).

DC #1 was reading at 3

DC #2 was reading at 7

We read to both, had tons of books in their rooms, in their playroom (like toys, they were everywhere). Both are in HS magnet programs now. Personally, I think its like riding a bike, they all learn at different times, and when they get it, they get it.

It varies... my first child could sound out short (CVC) words at age 2 and kept working on sounds until starting to read BOB books at 3.5. The second one started sounding out short words at 3 and is almost 4 but not ready for BOB.

Just curious about this. How long did it take your DC to learn to read once he or she rhyme, break words into syllables, say letter sounds, etc. Just curious about how long little kids spend on these skills before moving onto reading words. I am sure it varies but I am interested in hearing about others’ experiences.