STILL waiting for the lightbulb moment..
He reads well enough, will read a small amount daily from his reading book in order to fulfil his homework commitment, but he has not finished any of the books most boys his age seem to enjoy. He has read the Twits in class, we've read George's marvellous medicine together, i got him the Greg James book on CD so he could listen, but he never finished listening, and he just never finishes a book!
He basically loves factual books but as a massive reader with one DD who is a massive reader I feel like i'm weeping inside because we have so many books and he might look at them but rarely gets stuck in. I just thought it would come naturally and I'm so sad that it hasn't.
To be honest I think his lack of interest has put me off reading to him and I often let him look at books on his own at bedtime rather than reading aloud . He can read, he can read in his head, i feel like he ought to be be enjoying books on his own at this age. Should I just keep reading to him every night and hope he'll take over over one day? On the flip side he is very interested in cars, minecraft, lego and he is good at playing on his own, so he can definitely achieve flow in other aspects of his life.
I also think he knows that i am frustrated with his reading but it is just maddening! So often when we read we end up talking about reading more.
i recently read a story about a guy whose dad used to just get a different book out for him every week and after months, the son finally picked up one of them and loved it, but I JUST DONT HAVE THE PATIENCE.
are any of you on the other side of this and have boys who read lots now? Just looking at the read for good readathon sponsor card lying on the table and smh, there is just no sodding way 