I still take it for granted that all children would be able to read at least simple books like Green Eggs and Ham when they ENTER kindergarden. Apparently this is NOT the norm. But I also don't get it. Even if you barely interact with your child, how hard is it to park them in front of Sesame St or Dora instead of Spongebob or Rugrats? Or even pop in a Baby Einstein DVD?
My 6 year old son, who is just entering kindergarten, most assuredly cannot read. He's just now getting around to reading "The Foot Book"
I'm pretty sure I was reading chapter books by that age.
We have a list of "sight words" that they are supposed to learn in kindergarten, which are very very basic words. And he's apparently not outside the norm.
