My son was underground with his reading until around age 3.5ish. I had hints, as he would occaisionally accidentally read something and totally deny it. What changed at 3.5 was that I actually sat him down and tried to coax him a little. It turned out he struggled with some words that didn't follow his nice neat package of rules. He still gets annoyed by rule-breaking, and still backs away from things he thinks might possibly be something he doesn't 'get' right away. I decided to change the bed-time story rule for a few months and I asked both boys (not just him) to read an easy book to me before I read to them. I made sure it was easy and brief, and it didn't matter that he memorized the books usually after a first reading, but it helped get him past that little hurdle and he hasn't looked back since.
My daughter doesn't seem to share that hesitation, and I look forward to seeing where her personality will lead.
Last edited by Min; 06/14/10 08:22 PM.
