DS (yr 2, nearly 7) is lovely, but very much an outdoorsy, playing sports, climbing trees, playing with lego child rather than a sitting quietly child. He's always been reluctant to read school books, and I've largely let it go on the basis that I'd sooner he associated books with being nice and enjoyable (I read to him every night) than something that is a chore. And I thought we'd really had a breakthrough over the Christmas holiday, because all of a sudden he wanted to read to me (okay, only a few pages a night, from some of his "toddler" books).
But now I've had his school report and according to school he's still at exactly the same level he was at the end of yr 1 - i.e. no progress at all in a whole term. So he's now significantly below the average level of his class (yes, I know someone has to be...) I'm presuming that by the time he starts junior school next year this is going to start to be a problem for other subjects, because he'll be expected to be able to read maths problems, history books, geography books, etc.
What do I do? Going to have a word with the teacher when I get the chance, obviously, but not sure what I can do. Do I go with the largely carrot, try to encourage him to read when he feels keen, read to him when he doesn't approach I've taken so far? Or is it time to start being very firm and saying "this is just something you have to do"?