When my kids were 7-ish, they all skipped words and lines, lost their places, and so on. Holding a ruler helped, but I usually had to do it. FWIW, two of my kids have been tested, with one PG and one MG. The third is likely HG+, so it wasn't correlated to IQ in their cases.
I remember being frustrated by this problem when I had to read out loud in first and second grade. It drove me nuts. I also didn't have this problem when I read silently --- I feel confident of this statement because I was quite aware of it when reading out loud. It was like my mouth couldn't keep up with my brain. Does your son report anything like this?
One of my kids' teachers used to put up informational brochures about this being a normal thing in kids. If I recall correctly, the brochure said that it can continue for a long time (12? 14?), though it gets better. So, between this, my tiny sample size, and the comments of others here, I suspect that it's a developmental thing not correlated with IQ.
My second son had the most trouble, and he was mostly past it by the time he was 8.
ETA: my daughter learned to read very young, but she complained about books with "small writing," saying she had trouble reading them. This meant that chapter books were out if they had small print. So her case was different from mine in that one respect. I'll ask my kids about their experiences with reading out loud and report back after I go exercise.
Last edited by Val; 04/08/15 07:36 PM. Reason: ETA...
