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DD appears to have learnt to read overnight...

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CountessDracula · 08/10/2007 20:34

very odd
she started reception 3 weeks ago, 2hrs a day

I went to a talk on reading today at the school and they told us they had done certain words over the past 2 weeks (mum, is, floppy, look and one other can't remember)

So I thought I would test her tonight at supper time to see what she had remembered. I have never taught her to read as I (as PFB) was taught to read aged 2 and could read novels by the time I started reception, as a result I was put up a year and teased mercilessley for being able to read and write even then! Though she was interested in letters and we read lots of book I had never sat her down and actually done spelling

So i stared with look, Mum is floppy

fine
she did

Then I tried other things just for fun

She could read perfectly

My dog looks like a pig
do you like my floppy red hat (actually she said lick not like)
Mummy has a red hat to put on the dog

and all sort of others

Then I asked her to write my dog looks like a pig and she did perfectly

Do you think she has secretly been doing it behind my back or something??????

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stressteddy · 08/10/2007 20:36

Wow! How old is she? Sounds great to me.
Just be proud and enjoy the fact that your parenting is working wonders!!

dinny · 08/10/2007 20:37

wow, what a clever girl! that is amazing! well done her (and you!)

dinny · 08/10/2007 20:37

what is PFB?

CountessDracula · 08/10/2007 20:38

she is just 5 so pretty much the oldest

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morningpaper · 08/10/2007 20:38

tee hee! well done her

CountessDracula · 08/10/2007 20:38

precious first-born

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CountessDracula · 08/10/2007 20:39

I am slightly freaked out though

She did the same with adding up and subtracting

Was at a friend's house and friend's sister aged 7 was doing her homework and her mother was shouting out sums, dd was getting them first

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dinny · 08/10/2007 20:41

ha ha - yes, I am a PFB too

she sounds v switched on - great thing for them to love learning.

CountessDracula · 08/10/2007 23:05

oh yes it is
she adores it thank goodness!

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brimfull · 08/10/2007 23:17

have you checked under her bed for War and Peace?

She's obvioulsy a bright one and it has clicked ,very exciting time.

My ds (same age) is sooo proud that he has a reading book with words,think's he's got it sussed now

jabberwocky · 08/10/2007 23:20

That's terrific, CD! You might consider having her tested as ages 4 - 8 are considered to be best as far as IQ testing goes. There are an abundance of studies showing that children such as your dd need to be identified as soon as possible so that they can be properly challenged. I know that you had a bad experience but just as importantly you don't want her to be bored at school either. Some schools (at least here in the US) will do things such as letting the child take a reading class with children at his/her level without necessarily skipping the entire grade. Or, her teacher could just give her more challenging books within the framework of her regular classroom work.

This can be a tricky subject to discuss on MN sometimes so if you would like to chat off-board feel free to CAT me. Dh and I have done loads of research in order to properly deal with ds1 and it can be really overwhelming at times.

Clary · 09/10/2007 00:07

CD that's great.

Bless her, obviously a really quick learner. DS2's tactic seems to be to sound out the letters and then take a wild guess!

Are you worried about her beign stretched/IQ level etc then?

Worth raising at parents' eve if so.

gomez · 09/10/2007 00:23

CD DD1 was similar -couldn't read (as far as we were aware) when starting p1 was knocking off Harry Potter by that Christmas. She changed school when she ented p2 and was tested for various things and was then entered into a Staged Intervention Process - normally used for children at the other end of the spectrum but has proven very good for DD. (We don't do the whole G & T thing in Scotland. It has been very useful for her I can bore you with specific details at the Christmas Do' if there is a lull !

CountessDracula · 09/10/2007 09:47

Well we did worry a bit about which school to send her to - her nursery always said she was very bright and she got into a really good academic independent school (this was our back-up if she didn't get into state school of our choice). She did get the state school and is there now. I do worry that in a class of 30 she will be bored esp as she is the eldest, but there are a lot of other factors that mean I still think this is the best school for her.

I always grasped stuff very fast then got bored and disruptive, I don't think she is like that though, she seems more like her father (a quiet observer) let's hope that continues

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CountessDracula · 09/10/2007 09:48

Oh am very anti her being labelled at this age. I hope they don't tell them if they do.

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CountessDracula · 09/10/2007 09:52

it is spooky isn't it fio!
She was SO proud of herself (bless!)

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TwigorTreat · 09/10/2007 09:55

she's a freak

you should sell her to a circus

awwwwww .. its obviously something she's absorbed and it has all clicked into place, probably in the last 3 weeks .. well done your DD

CountessDracula · 09/10/2007 09:56

ooh good idea
wonder how much I would get

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EmsMum · 09/10/2007 09:59

A bright, quiet observer... lucky you, lucky DD!

Doodledootoo · 09/10/2007 10:09

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singersgirl · 09/10/2007 12:48

Congratulations to your DD! That's wonderful.

CountessDracula · 09/10/2007 12:49

Her nanny just called me in amazement as she wrote her shopping list that she called out with very few errors

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