Anonymous wrote:One thing we’ve had success with- if they’re in bed by 8pm they can read to 8:30 or 9. We make it a privilege to read. Otherwise they have to go to bed.

Anonymous wrote:One thing we’ve had success with- if they’re in bed by 8pm they can read to 8:30 or 9. We make it a privilege to read. Otherwise they have to go to bed.

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks for the suggestions. He likes biographies of sports figures, mostly baseball, but he will do soccer stars too. I guess, I just feel these are a bit simplistic, at least the ones he is picking. He also likes the "I Survived" books, once again, only in graphic novel form.

It's not that he won't read anything. He likes the Diary of a Wimpy Kid. He's done the Wings of Fire in the graphic novel form. He just flat out refuses to read "chapter books." I just see his friends reading all sorts of complex chapter books and he isn't.

Like I said, he holds it together in school but once out of school he doesn't stop moving. My mom (former elementary school teacher) told me that if he were in her class, she would have let him do his work standing up because he is just a kid that needs to do that. It is very common that kids need to move, especially boys.

I read him the first Percy Jackson over the summer, which he really liked. When I read to him he needed to move around the room. On the occasions where he actually laid down to listen, he fell asleep. We had to go back because he didn't remember what was going on. He told me he liked the book and didn't want to miss anything so he needed to move around.

I was the kid in the corner reading a book and still love reading. I'm just tring to figure out if this is an issue that we need to address, like he is behind academically or if this is a "me" issue and I should just meet him where he is and he will get there eventually. FWIW, my husband and I also recognize that he is a bit immature overall and will, more than likely, be a late bloomer.

Thank you for your feedback and suggestions and for letting me air out my anxiety. Sometimes, I just feel like everyone is doing parenting better than I am.

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks for the suggestions. He likes biographies of sports figures, mostly baseball, but he will do soccer stars too. I guess, I just feel these are a bit simplistic, at least the ones he is picking. He also likes the "I Survived" books, once again, only in graphic novel form.

It's not that he won't read anything. He likes the Diary of a Wimpy Kid. He's done the Wings of Fire in the graphic novel form. He just flat out refuses to read "chapter books." I just see his friends reading all sorts of complex chapter books and he isn't.

Like I said, he holds it together in school but once out of school he doesn't stop moving. My mom (former elementary school teacher) told me that if he were in her class, she would have let him do his work standing up because he is just a kid that needs to do that. It is very common that kids need to move, especially boys.

I read him the first Percy Jackson over the summer, which he really liked. When I read to him he needed to move around the room. On the occasions where he actually laid down to listen, he fell asleep. We had to go back because he didn't remember what was going on. He told me he liked the book and didn't want to miss anything so he needed to move around.

I was the kid in the corner reading a book and still love reading. I'm just tring to figure out if this is an issue that we need to address, like he is behind academically or if this is a "me" issue and I should just meet him where he is and he will get there eventually. FWIW, my husband and I also recognize that he is a bit immature overall and will, more than likely, be a late bloomer.

Thank you for your feedback and suggestions and for letting me air out my anxiety. Sometimes, I just feel like everyone is doing parenting better than I am.

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks for the suggestions. He likes biographies of sports figures, mostly baseball, but he will do soccer stars too. I guess, I just feel these are a bit simplistic, at least the ones he is picking. He also likes the "I Survived" books, once again, only in graphic novel form.

It's not that he won't read anything. He likes the Diary of a Wimpy Kid. He's done the Wings of Fire in the graphic novel form. He just flat out refuses to read "chapter books." I just see his friends reading all sorts of complex chapter books and he isn't.

Like I said, he holds it together in school but once out of school he doesn't stop moving. My mom (former elementary school teacher) told me that if he were in her class, she would have let him do his work standing up because he is just a kid that needs to do that. It is very common that kids need to move, especially boys.

I read him the first Percy Jackson over the summer, which he really liked. When I read to him he needed to move around the room. On the occasions where he actually laid down to listen, he fell asleep. We had to go back because he didn't remember what was going on. He told me he liked the book and didn't want to miss anything so he needed to move around.

I was the kid in the corner reading a book and still love reading. I'm just tring to figure out if this is an issue that we need to address, like he is behind academically or if this is a "me" issue and I should just meet him where he is and he will get there eventually. FWIW, my husband and I also recognize that he is a bit immature overall and will, more than likely, be a late bloomer.

Thank you for your feedback and suggestions and for letting me air out my anxiety. Sometimes, I just feel like everyone is doing parenting better than I am.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a second grade girl like this. Last year she had one series she loved and since then nothing lives up. We do all the things like library. She does read in school because she finishes things early per the teacher. But at home she will do anything other than read. She builds a lot of things like homes for animals with magnatiles and legos and draws and writes a lot. Her grades are good, but I keep hearing about other kids reading so much. I was a reader at that age. I don’t want her to fall behind. She’s also not a great speller so I wonder if that’s because she doesn’t read enough.

We are trying establishing the habit of reading in bed even if it’s just 5 minute. I’ve been inching bedtime earlier so she has more time before she’s tired. We also try for at least one family reading session every weekend where we talk about what we are reading.

Anyway. Solidarity and hoping for more ideas from this thread.

What was the series she loved in first grade?

Spelling isn’t great because they use their computers to write now. When you had to write down words it involved your brain more and you could remember spelling it.

Anonymous wrote:I have a second grade girl like this. Last year she had one series she loved and since then nothing lives up. We do all the things like library. She does read in school because she finishes things early per the teacher. But at home she will do anything other than read. She builds a lot of things like homes for animals with magnatiles and legos and draws and writes a lot. Her grades are good, but I keep hearing about other kids reading so much. I was a reader at that age. I don’t want her to fall behind. She’s also not a great speller so I wonder if that’s because she doesn’t read enough.

We are trying establishing the habit of reading in bed even if it’s just 5 minute. I’ve been inching bedtime earlier so she has more time before she’s tired. We also try for at least one family reading session every weekend where we talk about what we are reading.

Anyway. Solidarity and hoping for more ideas from this thread.