We're going thru the "too many words on a page" stage. Miss 4 is easily reading early reader books (1 sentence per page). But how do I get over the "too many words on a page" problem? She previously made the leap to simple chapter books, but has now regressed. I think she did this because of her perfectionism issues - perhaps the book had too many words she didn't recognise (?) But how do I get her going again, or is it a case of simply wait and see... jojo
This may be a function of neurological maturity. Her eyes may not be able to effectively use the proper sustained focus and eye movements to allow her to comfortably read "too many words" per page.
To see if this is the issue, you could do a couple of things. Take the text from a "sentence per page" book and put them all on a single page in paragraph form. Ask dd to read it. If she stumbles or balks, show her the same words in the one sentence per page and ask her to read it. If she is able to read it in the one sentence per page, it may be that she doesn't have the oculomotor control yet for the more words per page books.
DON'T WORRY!! My dd9 around age 4, did this and is now reading at an 8th grade level! It seems like it is the same idea as learning anything else for GT kids. Their brain knows what it wants to do, but the body just isn't mature enough. THen if you add perfectionism to the mix, you have one frustrated kiddo!
Hope this is helpful. I am by no means an expert but with all the vision/perception issues my dd7 has going on, I am getting quite an education in these matters!!
Good Luck!
