To: Rambi who wrote (4666 ) 5/22/2004 10:57:21 AM From: epicure Respond to My oldest is as good a reader now, as I am. She can, for example, sit down and read the Harry Potter books in one day. She may not have quite the vocabulary I do, but I think hers is broader than mine was at her age- and she writes better. I don't know how much of that is skill, and how much of it was our careful attention to her reading. She, and the other children in our house, had almost every notable book ever written for children. Thousands of books, for every age of reader- but most of the classic children's books- and my kids have read them all. Since reading is a matter of laying foundation, upon foundation, the stairstep approach to reading is the only way to go, imo- for maximum efficiency of development- plus, a frustrated reader, is a reader who is more likely to just give up reading- which is why educators now test for the zone of independent reading- which is the zone of reading where a reader will not get frustrated (generally this is the zone where a reader will have to struggle with no more than 5 words per page- when you get over 5, you are in trouble).
