DD10 could read very early--CVC words by age 3, chapter books by 4.5.
But DS7 was more mysterious. He WANTED to read around age 3.5 but when I got the BOB books, he really struggled with them. By 5 he could read well but hated to read aloud and hated to sound out words. He skipped Kindergarten and went into 1st, where he was at the top of the class in reading, but his writing is atrocious and he couldn't spell to save his life most of the time. I dropped $$$ on 4 months of tutoring on the assumption that he'd missed something about phonics in skipping K that would help.
He started this year as a 6-year-old 2nd grader, likely still the best reader in his class, still wretched handwriting and spelling. He hates to read aloud and will rush and skip words when he does. His ped just referred him for private OT (because his handwriting isn't just WRETCHED, he still writes some backwards and starts at the bottom and so on) and if things are still wretched after a few months will consider evaluation for dyslexia or something.
Last edited by Aufilia; 10/27/16 04:33 PM.
