AIBU to expect DD to read something fun at school?!?!

[LunarRose]

Just that really. DD has had her reading books "rebranded" at school and has gone up a level. She is just getting into reading, but the reading books she's bringing home seem to be awful!!

Three books she has bought home, the first I sent straight back because it was covering quite a sensitive topic that was particularly sensitive to DD, the second was really a bit too old for her and she got bored of it so changed it half way through and the last the subject matter is just too old for her to be reading for meaning. (Hit it! here)

AIBU to expect DD to be able to read something that is fun and really gets her enjoying reading?!?!?!

How old is she? Not everything has to be fun

Not everything has to be fun. But if you're reading fiction, pleasure should be at least part of the goal. Building a love of reading is part of what English in schools tries to achieve.

OP. YANBU to think the books should be fun, but YmightBU to think the school should get it right without a bit of trial and error. How are the books chosen?

How old is she. The football book is aimed at 9-12 year olds.

Why don't you give her the "fun" books to read instead of depending on the school for that?

Are you sure she isn't choosing her own books, and just picking whatever comes to hand first because she really doesn't care?

Oops! Dd is 6, she's allowed now to pick any book in the classroom but she picks her own books.

thb for a bright girl she's found reading really Ihard mostly with confidence. I'd love her to feel she's meeting the targets school set her about understanding meaning, the subject matter seems just too old!

I mean I'm sure at her age I was reading stuff at school like fantastic mr fix and the house. She had nice stuff to read ay home (puddle lane, and old fashioned ladybird readers), it's just where things have stalled at school, she's losing interest at home too....

If your DD is picking her own books, how is it the school's fault that she doesn't like what she picks?

Either way, if she has a good stock of interesting books at home, it doesn't matter.

What worra said. My dts are seven, and don't like their school books, they read what they want at home, and go to the library regularly. We're pretty lucky, the library is only 10 mins walk. Dd just took dt1 to get another stack full.

There should be "fun" books in the classroom - if she is struggling to pick them out then she needs guidance (which is fair enough given she is aged 6). And yes, she should be reading fiction for enjoyment as well as literary progress at this age. If you feel the sorts of books available in the classroom aren't appropriate for her, then speak to the teacher.

However! I speak as a teacher who has had a nightmare with reading books which I know and the parents know are boring as , but it wasn't my fault that my head of dept insisted I kept kids on the reading scheme! So, don't go in all guns blazing to the teacher - check out how much freedom he or she has and if necessary take it up with the head of dept, while making sure the teacher knows it's because you're supporting him/her.

DD1 scoured the school for non fiction because the fiction choice was rubbish.

Nothing after the magic key, the easy chapter stuff was dreadful.

DD2 read so well that she just charged through the rubbish and got to Roal Dahl etc.

I would just take her to the library every week. Read what the school gives her and choose her own for fun.

Our school's non-fiction book are absolutely awful DD (reception) came home with this recently Needless to say it went back unread!

They've brought her down a few levels for non-fiction because they didn't have anything age appropriate for her. It's frustrating but I know there isn't anything left in the budget to update the reading books

If they are going to read for pleasure the school reading book is only a very small part of it. Libraries are a free resource.