6 is still very young - even though lots of gifted kids start reatind early there are also quite a few who don't master reading at a young age, and once they are reading, don't really grow into loving reading until a few years later, whether or not they have dyslexia.
Our ds12 fits the profile of stealth dyslexia. From toddlerhood through the beginning of 4th grade he *loved* to have us read to him - big huge complex books, fiction and non-fiction, but he never read any type of fiction on his own, and although he picked up non-fiction books to read, he mostly looked at the pictures and skipped all over the place in the books rather than reading front-back. FWIW, he still absorbed a TON of information which he was always telling us about. In early 4th grade his best friend was reading a book and ds for whatever reason felt compelled to see if he could read the same book faster - he read that book in maybe 3-4 hours (a novel) and that made something click with him - he realized he could read fast and have fun with it, so after that he became a big fan of certain fiction genres and read a ton. Still, he is very picky about what fiction he chooses to read, and with non-fiction he still does the skipping around thing. To be honest, I've still not seen him actually read much in non-fiction but he clearly has read a ton because he's constantly telling us about things he's read that are non-fiction, mostly science related, and his understanding of complicated factual information that he's read is very obvious. He has some quirky things left over re reading though - the one that's challenging is that he has a difficult time summarizing what he's read. He can retell every single minute detail in chronological order that he's read it in, but can't summarize worth a dar - that's something that we're *always* working on here lol!
My dd9 did not enjoy reading when she was 6-7 years old, and she was struggling to learn to read. She loved being read to, and she is a very creative kid in terms of imaginary play and loving to create stories etc. She also loved being read to - and more so than my ds seemed to really experience fiction and get into it. We read Jane Eyre when she was really little, and it's still all these years later her very very favorite book. Anyway, I'm getting off-track, but fwiw she didn't really show any interest in learning how to read at her self-directed preschool and she struggled with reading once she was in K-1. We found out in 2nd grade that she had a vision challenge, and once she had gone through vision therapy and her eyes were working as they were meant to, she not only became a more efficient reader, she overnight suddenly loved loved loved to read. She is now my kid with a book under her nose constantly
My youngest dd7 did not like to read until just this year, at 7 in 2nd grade. As far as I know she has no 2E challenges and although she hasn't been formally tested yet, based on our experience with our other kiddos I'm guessing she's a high-achieving HG but not PG kiddo.
One other thought - the encyclopedias with the audio reader sound interesting and my first thought was my ds with stealth dyslexia would have enjoyed those when he was around the same age. Then the more I thought about it the more I wondered if he really would have. I think that, for my ds, he got more than just the facts of the reading when he had us read to him - he had the security of a parent being with him. This probably doesn't apply to your child, but just fwiw - for our ds, the 2E combined with being so off-the-charts in terms of IQ were things that made him crave a little extra bit of security particularly when he was so young, and I think that was part of his preference for having us read to him way past the age that other kids were off reading on their own.
Best wishes,
polarbear
