To be concerned that my friends 7 year old is having trouble reading my DD's books

[milliec]

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I had a very long reading list when I was 2. I only actually learnt the letters when I was 5. But my memory was excellent and my mother's patience inexhaustible.

I read before I was 3

I am a single mum living on a council estate and I ran out of school at 16.

Don't count your chickens.

pmsl at thinly-veiled bragging

my dd at 2.7 could read the gruffalo well memorise it !!! At 5.5 she si now learning toread

I was born with a copy of Hamlet in one hand and a working model of a combine harvester in the other (for safety reasons, by caesarian) and wearing a monocle, all hewn in utero from the placenta.

I am now a fucking idiot, and have been for some time.

This thread is braggery.

WT, don't put yourself down, dear.

You're not a fucking idiot.

You have bought a Peter And Jane reading book for your 2 year old?

Obviously no-one buys those for the entertainment value!

My kids could both 'read' the entire Shirley Hughes Comependeum by 2.5 yrs, of course only because I 'hot housed' it into them after having to read the same bloody stories every night...over and over and over.

"bathwaters hot, seawaters cold,
Gingers Kittens are very young, but Busters getting old...."

Its a bit 'smug' isnt it? I would be pissed off if my son was put in the same position as this little boy. And rightly so.
Why should you be 'concerned', im sure his mother would know if he really couldnt read.

I could read, write and do simple maths when i was 3 (older sibling at school and competitive child). Can't say I got a 1st when I did my degree though!!!
Perhaps the child didn't want to read to you and children accross Europe don;t even start until they're seven.

May I ask why Peter and Jane?

god, do people really , really care if their friends DCs are not quite as good at something as their own DCs? really? really?

unless where i live we are all really slack parents

i do not know, nor care what level of ORT the other children are on

am bothered about my own DCs

this competitive lark is so booooooring!

Exactly lulumama- its not going to be anyone elses kids that fund my retirement is it?

omg im shamed i was corrected by my 7 yr old first .....thats because hes way past biff and chip- we finished that in the maternity ward we are now reading war and peace sorry again

war and peace is a lie actually .....we are reding bout the land of the dinosaurs and i miss biff and chip

milliec - the focus of your post is erroneous.instead of focussing on what the boy cannot do why dont you look at the positives.

progressing to reading comes from
listening pleasure in been read to
rate tone repetition of words

he cuddles up
he listens attentively
his mum obviously reads

it is unfair to cast aspersions on a toddler reading and his sibling- sheesh you are supposed to be a friend

Very unkind to suggest exaggerated school reports. if they tell you they are "getting really good school reports and doing well" you as a friend should accept this. not silently scoff and doubt about them and school ability.

My DD started learning DS1's key words and by the time she started school at 4.1 she knew all reception and year 1 words. Her reading is on par with her 7 year old brother.

My point being 2 year olds can read, but all kids learn different things at different stages.

My dd1 is dyslexic, gets good reports, i speak about her glowingly, and would NOT be able to read a book to anyone. I would be extremely cross if somebody did this to her. Children this age are incredibly vibey and I suspect that your suprise at his 'lack' of ability wouldn't have gone unnoticed by this boy. I'm sure this was done unknowingly but it's not on, doing it to the boy or your disingenous post.

Let's ditch this, and watch Child of our time instead

Milliec I bet you wish you never started this!.Anyway, at least you know the answer - back away and don't say anything!

Most of the seven year olds in dd's Y2 class would cut their own arms off rather than read a Peter and Jane book. Particularly if it was a (very uncool) two year old who was asking them to do so.

Perhaps you should have asked him to read her something interesting. It might have been a completely different scenario then ... and your daughter might have enjoyed it rather more as well!

Completely agree wWB . I read with dd's Year 2 class and they'd all be pretty insulted to be faced with P and J ! Even Magic Key has largely lost its lustre and most are way past it .