Okay to let bright child coast a bit?

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Is it okay to let a high achieving child just coast along sometimes, or should they be steadily worked with just like you ideally would with a child who was struggling?

DD is y1, exceeding targets (by a lot in some areas), so I don't generally ask her to read in the evenings. She'll probably read in bed because she wants to, but I don't listen to her read or monitor her reading much.

I kind of think she's doing so well, I don't need to push. But maybe I'm letting her down by not making sure she keeps striving towards her highest potential?

Not just asking about the situation now, but thinking about the future as dd gets older, or with my other DC.

I agree with cory. I've taught plenty of bright children who can't do anything without it being spoon fed to them.

I tend to read a bedtime story to ds3 (aged 3- shares a room with ds2). DS2 listens in, then I leave them alone and ds2 tells ds3 a 'secret brother story that grown ups aren't allowed to hear'- something he makes up- usually about chaffinches or seagulls.