DS is Yr2, very able across the board and was a free-reader at the end of Yr1. His Yr 2 teacher put the three free readers in the class back on to white band which I'm perfectly happy with, although he does find them very easy to read we can always get something from them in terms of new vocab or comprehension or discussion of characters etc and it forces him to read books outside of his preferred genre etc.
The info home about listening to your child read is blanket for the class - every day for at least 15 minutes. I have 2 yr old DT's and to be honest I'm struggling to give him that undivided listening time (I'm partially deaf so I can't hear him unless it's me sat next to him with no toddlers playing nearby!) on top of other homework, clubs, cooking dinner, bathing kids etc. I'm wondering if it really is necessary to still listen to him every day? Could I get away with 4 times a week? And would this actually affect his progress/ability at all? I'd rather a few times a week if I can get 1:1 time with DS it wasn't always automatically given over to having to do one thing, reading, to make sure we fit it in - I'd like to be able to play with him, or draw, or chat too!
As a side note, DS has taken to reading the dictionary 'for fun' so I don't think I overly need to worry about expanding his vocab... and he probably reads to himself for approx 1.5 hours a day just 'because' anyway...
Just wondering how often others listen to their child and therefore whether I can drop it down a bit...
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How often do you listen to your 'able' child read?
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theotherboleyngirl · 03/11/2012 11:24
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