Neither of my kids read until 1st grade (so I think they were 6). Both took off like a house afire once they started. I did not push at all, but read to them a ton. They had very large vocabularies. We did a little with phonics in first grade to give them a push along (school was using silly "whole language" approach, did not help...). By end of 2nd grade, second kid was reading "The Lord of the Rings". She scored 800 on her SAT Critical Reading and 800 on her Lit SAT Subject test. Her sister graduated Phi Beta Kappa from college in a humanities subject. Don't stress her out any more on it, IMHO. Back off until she is in first grade, then see how she is doing. If she isn't reading by after winter break that year, consider having some testing done. For now, just read to her and help her build a big vocabulary.
