She was asking to learn to read months ago, but I was busy having dd#2. Now she gets really irritated when she doesn't know certain words. (Not when I ask her to read them, since I tend to only ask her to read words I am 100% sure she knows to avoid frustration.)
I am all about intrinsic rewards, but I want to know how she is progressing. I think if she had a decent school teacher last year...and this year...she would be fluently reading everything in sight. I think if she would let me (and I won't push it) I could teach her a year's worth of reading in about 2 weeks. That's how ready ability-wise I think she is.
Maybe she balks at reading by herself because she has been just thrust into the world of siblinghood. She also has regressed to asking for help dressing and brushing teeth and whatnot.
