How old do you think this child is?

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Please settle this debate! DP thinks one thing, I think another.

The child in question read this page fluently. Found the word 'calcium' tricky.

At what age would you expect a child to be reading this?

That’s why it’s a bit of a pointless thread though. Many kids will be reading lots of non-school books at home, many will be reading nothing. ‘Category’ is pretty phonetic so easy to work out even if the fluency isn’t there.

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I can't see it very well but my ds probably around 6/7. Long polysyllabic words he hadn't seen before he would pronounce phonetically so it does depend on the words. He absolutely wouldn't have known how to say chitin and would have said it phonetically (to rhym with kitten)

18 months for all the babies round my way.

OP in reality posters on MN always seem to exaggerate these things. I have no idea why. You can run text through free websites that tell you the average reading age for the text.

Clearly a young genius! - I assume yours!!

But that is not reading if you have no understanding of what you are saying.

I’d say 7 ish but obviously some kids will be able to read it earlier and some kids later. To fully understand it, I’d say a bit older.

My eldest could have read this at 4/5. My youngest would just be able to read it and he’s 9. Kids are all different!

My now adult DCs all started reading at different ages. One started reading aged 2 and could have read the page you posted fluently by aged 4. Another didn't begin to read until they were 6. But it all levelled out as they got older. In fact the latest to read ended up achieving the most academically.

Exactly. The point of phonics us you don't have to have 'studied' a word to be able to read it.
So if they can read it, and have come acriss the word before through conversation they'll be fine.

My dd is 6.5YO and read it fluently and was able to answer questions about the text (probably could have done a year ago tbh). She's a good reader but not ridiculously so. Is there a point to your thread?

My eldest by the end of reception. My youngest would struggle now and she’s 8. But she could solve you a year 6 maths equation in no time. Different kids are good at different things

6 or 7.

It's not though.

Phonically, it should say cate- gory (long a to rhyme with gate, long vowel o )
It's an irregular word because phonically, it should have a double T to make the 'o' a short vowel. catt e gory

Phonically it's a 2 syllable word.

I know a year 1 who could read that. I also know a year 5 who would struggle. So it’s really very dependant on the child.

many adults would struggle with some words.

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1 of my kids would have been able to read that before he turned 5.

The other three probably around 7/8/9 years old.

The 1-he’s incredibly bright..terrible handwriting mind 🤷‍♀️

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does It matter?

Id say from p3 upwards so 7 ish as mine were just doing phonics in P1 and 2

mine are now nearly 19 with an A in higher English and 16 about to sit his higher English so assume they could both manage it ok ;)

** I disagree.

40 years' experience as a specialist reading teacher.**

It isn't something to agree or disagree on @KirstyandPhilme . You haven't seen a 3 ye old read like that, fine, I have, also fine.

My DD is in year 5, age 10 and would have no problem reading this, but every child is different so I would say older primary school age 7-11

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1627 months

Dd would have managed it easily at 5 but had a lot of 1-1 reading support due to lockdown. I think 6-7 is about right