DS’s school seem happy with his reading, he is actually “reading” rather than spelling out and decoding books like the example attached. (Pretty basic but he’s only 5!)
MIL (retired teacher) is constantly on about it. Saying her class (and DH!) was much more advanced and reading more complex books at that age. She is convinced he should be reading chapter books.
She blames the fact we live in the countryside and believes expectations would be higher if we’d stayed in a city! She has offered to come over every Saturday morning to give him “intensive one-to-one catch up lessons”.
I feel a bit overwhelmed by her concern. Please tell me if this reading level is similar to that of your Reception child.