How often do you listen to your 'able' child read?

[theotherboleyngirl]

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...

[Prarieflower]

Many thanks Fuzzy and Mrz .Why oh why such suggestions aren't stuck in the front of my dc's reading log I'll never know.Have asked sooooo many times!!!!

[BrittaPerry]

We don't really do 'reading time' iyswim, but we do hear her read a few times a day. I ask her to read recipes, instructions etc out to me while we do a thing, she reads story books to her baby sister, we look up information and so on. We also chat about the books she is reading by herself, and take turns reading chapters out loud to each other, but it is all very informal.

[sleeplessinsuburbia]

I would ask dc questions about the book they are reading independently and read to the dc a couple if times a week to model as sometimes food readers are lazy readers.

[mrz]

theliteracytree.co.uk/downloads/Parents%27%20Reading%20Bookmark.pdf

There is a misprint (it should say texts not tests on the right)

[choccyp1g]

Perhaps you could get him to read to the twins, thus giving you a bit of peace as well.

[morethanpotatoprints]

My dd is 8 would be year 4 and she reads for about 2 hours a day (in bursts) also spends 30 mins reading to me or dh with comprehension questions (about 45 mins in total).

[stopthinkingsomuch]

I hear you op. I've got 3 kids and wondering if we might be able to share a book between yr2 (ok reader) and yr4 (reluctant but can) as then yr 4 will listen to the great questions Ds asks. Will help both of them. I bet it would beat any darn reading scheme and be a bonding bedtime moment etc.

[Quip]

I'm feeling bad now: on a good week ds1 brings home 2 books so we read once or twice. He's ahead for his age but won't read for pleasure so school books are all the reading he gets. He also has to fit in 2 instrument practices every night so we are short on time. He loves being read to so I'm hoping sooner or later he'll start reading for himself.

[vesela]

Any good tips for getting DD (5.5) to read to me? She's been reading by herself for about the last month or so, and does so most days, but is reluctant to read more than a couple of sentences on odd occasions to me. At first she used to like "reading me a story," but not any more.

I explain why I need to listen to her, but although she's usually amenable to explanations, I think with reading she feels a bit exposed - that I'm going to keep picking her up on stuff. She's happy that she "can read," but doesn't like to feel exposed.

I once read to her from a book I have - "oh look, it says here that even when children can read by themselves, you should listen to your child read three times a week so that..." - and that cut some ice, so I may try that approach again.