Howler Karma...what is c-v-c decoding....I need help decoding that one
I think I agree with you on the rate being more indicative. For my son, the rate was high--from simple sight word recognition to reading Lorax in a few months. But years later he is still not to independently reading long chapter books...but I think it is more an issue of leaping to the finer print and intimidation of being responsible to read an entire book by himself.
polarbear- I agree that continuing to read to him is important. Not only is it awesome bonding time, but it is a great chance to daily up his understanding of words, and also super fun for me to revisit books from my childhood. We are voracious readers around here--all of us. And we are just trying to figure him out. Not in school yet--just began homeschooling on a more structured basis (if you consider 30 minutes a day structure;). We are simply trying to figure where he is at so we can hopefully plan better for the future by plotting a trajectory. (Like are we going to have to pay for college five years earlier than normal;) ?)
