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?

This

The people commenting 4 and 5! Come on now.

My DS is in year 1 (age 6) and would be able to read it but not very fluently - it wouldn’t be very smooth if that makes sense, he would pause and phonetically sound out the tricky words like calcium. I think he is average or just ahead of average so on that basis I’d say 6-7?

Three year olds aren’t at primary school.

These people saying 6 my nearly 5 year old could never read that and I doubt he will massively jump to that level in one year either but as much as i try and interest him im reading he can't take it in. Ik a 10 year old who could read that but I also know an avid 7 year old who could but she loves reading novels and in my eyes is very intelligent so im honestly not sure depends on the child I guess

I’m a teacher and I am also the early reading lead. All children are different but this is what the expected standard would look like at the end of year 1 with some degree of fluency so 6 isn’t unrealistic at all.

I think from 5 to 6 kids make massive progress with reading though. Both my kids started reception could barely recognise a b c, by year one they could basically read.

Child reading at 1 year old?

Well if it was me as a child- probably about 8 or 9.
But I was a late reader, about 6 or 7 I think. But was reading full adult novels by 10 (had run out of kids books and moved onto dick francis), so think it all evens out in the end!

100% this, as soon as they nail the sounds, most kids fly with reading in year 1.

I agree with this. I found there was a huge jump in progress from 5 to 6 and again from 6 to 7.

Anything between 5 and 8. Am a homeschooler and have met a few children younger than that who could manage it and one or two older who couldn't, but for the vast majority it would be between those ages.

Yeah agree with this, I was astounded how quickly DS progressed in year 1.

My youngest could have read and understood that at 5 and a half. My oldest would struggle now at 16, though learning disabilities are present.

Subject interest is a big factor though. My youngest can read really complicated texts about a favourite subject, or advanced age fiction books from a favourite genre-but if a text doesn't bring joy, zero effort is put in to trying to read it, even for school.

This is insane I am based in ni so not sure if your year one is older maybe? Hes coming 5 at the minute they get words only home to learn for example "mum" "i" "you" "there" if he starts being able to read paragraphs i will be shocked but if you have kids who can do it i would assume they may be naturally brighter perhaps? Or perhaps learn quicker?

Op not come back on then 😂

@TheJinxMinx year 1 is the equivalent of p2 in NI. Although I would pitch this reading level as an average to good P3

Hmm week 38 but only with a bright light so they can see the text through the womb?

Honestly why does it matter… YABU for caring about age, better to celebrate learning a new word calcium.

18 months or they're slow OP. Sorry.

my daughter is 12 and was reading big books like harry potter at the age of 4 but my other daughters at that age couldn't and would struggle so every kid is different.

Yes! And when I questioned that was told why not, it's Mumsnet! This person is really delusional.

Hes coming 5 at the minute they get words only home to learn for example "mum" "i" "you" "there" if he starts being able to read paragraphs i will be shocked but if you have kids who can do it i would assume they may be naturally brighter perhaps? Or perhaps learn quicker?

Does that mean he's four?

There's a huge difference between a child in their first year of school and a child at the end of year one or who is in year two.

I teach year two. I'd expect most of the children in my class to be able to read those pages. We area halfway through the year.

My 4 year old could have read that. He was hyperlexic - he taught himself to read very early.

He also has ADD and dyspraxia (and most probably autism too), and is currently on a year away from Uni as it all got too much for him and his mental health is only the floor. This "oh my 3 year old is a GENIUS for reading" thing is not always positive. Given the difficulties my eldest has faced throughout childhood and teens, I'd much, much prefer he had started reading fluently at the same age as most other children.

If it helps my DH is 43 and pronounces it “kel-see-um”. Makes my eye twitch.

Anywhere from 5 up. By 7 I’d expect most children to be able to read it.

Chitin is the word that might trip them up. Calcium shouldn’t once they’ve learnt that c followed by i says s which they do in y1.