My Yr2 is giving up on reading - what to do?

[SandieDee]

the teacher thinks she is just getting interested in other things but reading at home is becoming a huge battleground - she is just not interested. She's been doing so well until now - just feel she's regressed since start of new school year - but she seems very happy with school.

[pointythings]

If the teacher isn't worried neither would I be - I'd just take the pressure off, see if she wants to go back to trusted old favourites and take things as they come for a while. If you try and force the issue, you could really turn her off and set yourself up for all kinds of problems.

Maybe have a word with the teacher about possible strategies for making reading enjoyable for her, perhaps in the context of her new-found interests, once you find out what those are?

[ForMashGetSmash]

Oh don't pancic! She's not giving up..she's young. They have all kinds of ups and downs. My own DD is in year two and finds the school reading books very boring.

I decided to take the pressure off and buy her plenty of books I knew she would love and which I read to her...she still adores fiction...but those school books..YAWN!

Get yours some new books from Amazon...mine loves The Worst With and Horrid Henry....at night I have seen her trying to read them when she thinks I'm not looking!

[ForMashGetSmash]

Worst Witch...not with!