I'm not sure exactly when I learned to read, I do vividly remember I'd go to the newsagents with my dad on a Sunday morning and one time when I was 4 or 5 I just picked up a kids book, the Elves and The Shoemaker and asked for it, and brought it home and read it cover to cover. Mum asked how long i'd been able to read and apparently I was enjoying being *read to* so much I'd not mentioned that I could do it myself. In my own head at least it feels like I went from not being able to read to being able to read fluently and well beyond what was expected for my age - there was a range of Ladybird brand books in school and the other kids were struggling on 2b and 2c and I went straight to reading 11b no problem (no clue what level they were, but the 2s were of the "see spot run" variety and the 11 story was a bunch of kids at a youth hostel in the alps solving a mystery or something! :) ) Once I did learn I was voracious - all the Enid Blytons, 10 books or more a week from the library as well as the ones we bought, I moved onto carefully vetted adult books aged 10 because I'd read most of the kids books and needed more variety!
I was enjoying being *read to* so much I'd not mentioned that I could do it myself.
Lots of kids resist reading on their own for that reason. I've suggested to several sets of parents that they institute a reading exchange; you read me a book and I'll read you a book. That way there's an advantage to admitting you can do it yourself instead of a loss :).
I did much better once i clued in ot the fact that if i read myself I could get lots and lots more books read without having to wait for mum to be available; the exchange idea sounds nicely sneaky though :)
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In my own head at least it feels like I went from not being able to read to being able to read fluently and well beyond what was expected for my age - there was a range of Ladybird brand books in school and the other kids were struggling on 2b and 2c and I went straight to reading 11b no problem (no clue what level they were, but the 2s were of the "see spot run" variety and the 11 story was a bunch of kids at a youth hostel in the alps solving a mystery or something! :) ) Once I did learn I was voracious - all the Enid Blytons, 10 books or more a week from the library as well as the ones we bought, I moved onto carefully vetted adult books aged 10 because I'd read most of the kids books and needed more variety!
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Lots of kids resist reading on their own for that reason. I've suggested to several sets of parents that they institute a reading exchange; you read me a book and I'll read you a book. That way there's an advantage to admitting you can do it yourself instead of a loss :).
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