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It's not just the parents. Some kids just don't take to it. My wife and I are both voracious readers, we read to our kids every day, and our 7-year-old is just
by secabeen 9y ago
It's not just the parents. Some kids just don't take to it. My wife and I are both voracious readers, we read to our kids every day, and our 7-year-old is just not that into reading yet. On the other hand, her 4-year-old sister is picking it up great, and is only a few steps behind her sister. Each kid is different, and engaged parents are helpful, but necessarily everything.
- aidenn0 9y agoIndeed, our 10 year old didn't start reading independently until she was almost 9, but now goes through a book a week. Our 4 year old and 6 year old are both at the point where they can read common words, and sound out simple phonetically spelled words (and we neglected reading enough to our 4 year old because we had 3 older kids we were dealing with), so the difference innate ability and interest have is huge.
- evincarofautumn 9y agoOh, definitely—I didn’t put enough emphasis on “and I liked it” as a factor.