hopefully this topic stays pretty tame.
dd just about 5 has been refusing to read for quite some time now (as a quick review of most posts will show) I have pretty much left this alone with the occasional, have a go thing that I think anyone with a child going into kindergarten would do. I found out DD can actually read, not great but definately on par with her peers and possibly a wee bit further ahead. She can read most signs, some with 5 syllable words, but baulks at books, which I've heard is normal and could be just a bit overwhelming for her - I'm not worried about this.
We were discussing her feelings about school and it turns out she hasn't been reading because she feels her standard isn't high enough and that she doesn't want to practise and show everyone how bad she is.
Arrgggh - any tips? I've tried looking online for videos of 5 year olds reading but of course it's only kids who are super great at reading so that's not really a help. I'm not keen on asking friends to display their kids lack of skills either because I'm not a jerk. I know that once she starts school she will see the other kids reading and realise she is fine, obviously that is best and I have heard lots of examples of kids who couldn't read suddenly taking off at school, but as a master of fitting in she will copy what the other kids do. I would love to get the ball rolling before she starts so that we can give her a baseline.
She is probably going to have to do a 6 month stint in a class which is well below her abilities and I'm a bit stressed about how this is going to affect her view of where she should be.
If I just need to down a bottle of chill pills that is also fine!
