CNN- I completely agree that piles of books and a love of reading is key, and we fully immerse ourselves in that philosophy! Mainly it is brute curiosity. I have decided to hold off on IQ testing for at least four or five years, but when I mentally try to figure where he fits on the curve..I keep coming across terms like- reads "x" years above grade level etc... And I'd just like to know what exactly that means.
Maybe I could just get an idea from some of you. My son is 5 yrs 2 months, and reads a Flat Stanley book independently in about 30-45 minutes. This is the most advanced chapter book he will read completely independent. I quiz him on what happened to make sure he really read. He will read like every other page of Dahl books or Narnia..but gets tired much easier with finer print and prob the more complex ideas. Will read anything science...but while these are bigger words and more complex ideas they are not nearly as long passages. From that could someone give me an approx grade level?
I did notice that when we finished reading the Narnia series together, he didn't really understand the characters...their motives...I'd hardly expect him to...he just turned five and has no idea why someone would be evil, nor any real connection with actual evil people (thank goodness). For him it was good enough to follow what happened-not why.
I just read on here of other kids reading advanced books, and I wonder if the full understanding is there or not.
