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At what age do kids read?
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Heidi Mighty Mo
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It all depends on the child and their physical developement. I am not sure how old your son is but some are ready at the age of 3 and I would recommend trying it out. It is difficult to tell when a child is ready until you try. I don't know anything about that program so can't say anything about it but I would surely try it out. No harm is done in trying when they are really young - only in pushing. You may very well find that he will take to it, if not, no sweat, try again in a few months.
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Heidi Mighty Mo
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o yeah, and I just talk to a fellow homeschool mom the other day who was telling me that her oldest son who graduated with honors from college, was not reading succesfully until the age of 14 even though she worked with him for years! Her daughter on the other hand was reading at a very early age and she hardly had to do a thing to teach her! Note that in general, boys will struggle more than girls in this area but once they are ready they will breeze through and learn very quickly.
My oldest son learned to read very well when I started teaching him at 6 (that was when I first started homeschooling) and I remember how nervous I was about it but he learned so fast I was thinking - Wow! that was easy! (I am sure now that he could have started learning at the age of 3 or 4) Then came my youngest and it is not so easy with him. I am learning to be patient and not compare the two children since there personalities, abilities and learning styles are quite different from each other.
My oldest son learned to read very well when I started teaching him at 6 (that was when I first started homeschooling) and I remember how nervous I was about it but he learned so fast I was thinking - Wow! that was easy! (I am sure now that he could have started learning at the age of 3 or 4) Then came my youngest and it is not so easy with him. I am learning to be patient and not compare the two children since there personalities, abilities and learning styles are quite different from each other.
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Blue-Lightning
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Cognitive ability to read comes with the ability to talk - they're both a form of communication. However, children vary greatly in both speech and reading... it's good that you child is picking up the Leap Frog toy. If he doesn't get the hang of it don't worry, you really only need be concerned if your child is 6-7 and is still not associating letters with sounds and letter groups as words.
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Homeskillet
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My daughters (one will be 7 this week and the other just turned 4) BOTH have leappads...and they are AWESOME! The youngest has the one for her age and it has really helped her to recognize letters and associate them with sounds...and the one that my oldest has has just been a godsend...I mean I don't homeschool and being a single mom, I don't have tons of time to sit with them so, not that I use leappads for a substitute, but they are a great help. I HIGHLY recommend the leappads for kids...HIGHLY.
I don't know what age children "should" be reading, but I do know that it varies by school district too. In NC, my daughter's kindergarten class never learned how to read...I worked with her at home, but the most they learned about up there was stuff like recognizing letters and numbers, but not reading.
Then when we moved here...it was a bit of a culture shock. Here they started to learn how to read in Kindergarten, so she ran into problems in the first grade not really knowing as much as the other kids....so, keep that in mind as well, that different schools have different curriculum....then again, you might homeschool, I don't know.
Anyway...good choice with the leappad....Have I mentioned yet that they are AWESOME!!??
I don't know what age children "should" be reading, but I do know that it varies by school district too. In NC, my daughter's kindergarten class never learned how to read...I worked with her at home, but the most they learned about up there was stuff like recognizing letters and numbers, but not reading.
Then when we moved here...it was a bit of a culture shock. Here they started to learn how to read in Kindergarten, so she ran into problems in the first grade not really knowing as much as the other kids....so, keep that in mind as well, that different schools have different curriculum....then again, you might homeschool, I don't know.
Anyway...good choice with the leappad....Have I mentioned yet that they are AWESOME!!??
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Jack Lewis
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You should be very careful that the curriculum emphasized phonetic pronunciation over whole-word pronunciation. A newer trend in education is the "whole word" approach which can make a kid appear to be learning to read, but leave him virtually illiterate past a certain age.
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baylok
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My mom was able to get me reading when I was 4. I also remembering stunning mt class mates in kindergarten when I read a story instead of the teacher reading it (I still had little kid hands, and I remember being disappointed that I couldn't read and hold the book so the class could see the pictures). I have an older sister, and she did not take to reading before school.
Nikki
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Mike,
I just got back from a parent-teacher meeting for Courtney. She's my 4 year old and in pre-K. I also have one in Kindergarten. They start learning to read words in Kindergarten. Courtney's teacher told us parents to read to them daily and point to each and EVERY word that you read. So, while reading the book, point to each word when you say it. It may take a lot longer to read the book this way, but they begin to recognize words...which in turn, help them learn to read.
All kids are different. My 5 year old was writing her name at age 3. But Courtney, on the other hand, has trouble just maneuvering a pencil. We've really been working with her and I already see an improvement. She also didn't know how to spell her name at all. She's just start saying a bunch of letters. Now she says C-O-U-R-T....after the T, she usually says "s-i-....". So, we're getting somewhere!
Courtney also has a leap pad. Those are really neat things, but I think that you yourself reading to the child is better. The books with activities are good though. They have fun and learn at the same time.
I just got back from a parent-teacher meeting for Courtney. She's my 4 year old and in pre-K. I also have one in Kindergarten. They start learning to read words in Kindergarten. Courtney's teacher told us parents to read to them daily and point to each and EVERY word that you read. So, while reading the book, point to each word when you say it. It may take a lot longer to read the book this way, but they begin to recognize words...which in turn, help them learn to read.
All kids are different. My 5 year old was writing her name at age 3. But Courtney, on the other hand, has trouble just maneuvering a pencil. We've really been working with her and I already see an improvement. She also didn't know how to spell her name at all. She's just start saying a bunch of letters. Now she says C-O-U-R-T....after the T, she usually says "s-i-....". So, we're getting somewhere!
Courtney also has a leap pad. Those are really neat things, but I think that you yourself reading to the child is better. The books with activities are good though. They have fun and learn at the same time.