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Re: over estimating child's ability Mahagogo5 #224524 10/27/15 05:57 PM
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Cookie Member C Joined: May 2014 Posts: 599	My son was six but he read every single goosebumps (and there are lik 300 of them). And Geronimo Stilton mainly because he is not a good browser so he knew where these books were and just always went back. I try and teach him the art of browsing the stacks but he just isn't good at it. He prefers someone give him a reading list based on knowing him...at ten I still browse for him and pull potential books for him. Some are hits some are misses. Right now he is using lists for the middle school young readers award...but he read all from this year so he is going though past years. We looked at the high school but some of the topics just don't speak to him. Last edited by Cookie; 10/27/15 06:01 PM.

Re: over estimating child's ability DianaG #224525 10/27/15 06:27 PM
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OP Mahagogo5 Member M Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 517	Originally Posted by DianaG Maybe a small point, but my almost 5yo doesn't mind if he doesn't understand a book. He loves Geranimo Stilton books and comics (mostly read alouds), but the story is over his head. We got a Nate the Great book (buddy reading), which he loved, but the storyline was just wildly beyond him (the main character is in middle school). She's probably getting something out of the Rainbow Fairies, and if she's enjoying it, does it matter that some things are beyond her? you are dead right - I haven't taken it away! Besides she feels so grown up reading her chapter books :-)

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