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When do you stop LISTENING to your child read?

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SlightlyMadSweet · 15/04/2008 18:33

DTDs are in year2 and top sets for reading.

When do you stop listening to them read? I feel guilty that I am asking them to do more and more silent reading as they are bringing more and more home from school (as the books get longer). I just don't have time to read it all with them - and I have twice as much with the DTDs. I try and justify it by trying to convince myself that silent reading as as important a skill as reading aloud.

I still listen to them read school books about 3 times a week each. They also read a bedtime story aloud 3-4 times a week between them - this is normally a public library book so not from school.

On top of that they do whatever is necessary to complete the school books they bring home - but as silent reading. Usually about 10mins/day for 5days out of 7.

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Blandmum · 15/04/2008 18:34

I stopped with dd in year 3 as she was a very good reader. I'm still reading with ds as he isn't so good and needs lots of support

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SlightlyMadSweet · 15/04/2008 18:37

Thats part of the problem.

DTD2 is an excellent reader - loads of expression rarely any mistakes.....

DTD1 needs more support (but isn't bad).

BUT i can't make DTD1 read to me and not DTD2. I have to treat them the same.

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ScienceTeacher · 15/04/2008 18:40

You don't really stop. You move on to discussing things from the newspaper with them.

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SlightlyMadSweet · 15/04/2008 18:42

Science teacher...I fully appreciate what you are saying and I would alsways check their comprehension of a book.

But when do you stop doing the formal sit down and read a school book with them?

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pigsinmud · 15/04/2008 18:48

End of year 3 for my boys. Both very good readers. However, it probably would have been a bit earlier if it wasn't the fact that their first school has reading time every morning - parent can stay with child and help with reading for 15 minutes.

chavtastic · 15/04/2008 18:49

About 1/2 way thru Y2 with DC1.

DC2 is y1 and I stopped listening to her read a few months ago. It was slowing her down to read aloud to me, I could see it irritated her and what's worse, she would make deliberate errors just to get attention (because otherwise I had no feedback except to discuss the story and pictures, and I think she finds that boring). Sometimes we would hunt for words she might not know, pretty impossible with her school books and tedious with the library ones.

I also had a baby 2 months ago, so time's pretty stretched as things are. What's more, dc3 will be starting school soon --I will need to focus on making sure we read with him then, will be nice to have a break in meantime. DC3 is only just starting to get keen on bedtime stories, so maybe the other DC will listen in to some of those.

Blandmum · 15/04/2008 18:50

ST, TBH that is really what we did with dd. rather than listen to her read, we discuss what she reads

FranSanDisco · 15/04/2008 18:52

My dd 7yo (Y2) is a free reader so I don't listen to her reading school books regularly anymore. She usually summarises the story so i can make comments in her book. However she reads chapters of other books to me and at the moment I'm being entertained by James and the Giant Peach. Far more interesting that ORT's Biff and Chip. BTW I still hear about Biff and all from 5 yo ds

chavtastic · 15/04/2008 18:52

I don't know what you do about a twin situation with differing ability...
Maybe a better answer would be relevant to ability. DC1 was tested at a reading age of 10yo when we stopped listening to him read. I don't know for sure with DC2, but I'd guess her reading age was about 8, when I stopped hearing her read. I would continue, but her habit of making deliberate errors pretending to be stupid it just made the reading together feel so pointless.

chavtastic · 15/04/2008 18:55

Oh, and sometimes I read the kids' books myself and then we can talk together, but both of us seemed to struggle to know what to say in general!
What I like is if the y1 child reads silently next to me and then can stop and point at words they're unsure about, as they go. Have found it hard to fit that in, lately, though.
Sorry to post so much, another thread made me feel a bit defensive about this subject.

drivinmecrazy · 15/04/2008 18:57

My DD1 (yr2) started silent reading at end of year 1, she prefers to sit and read to herself while I read to 2 yo. Teacher sets questions on each book for homework, so she has to read and answer them to check her comprehension of what she has just read. Loved it last year on holiday, left DD2 with DH so DD1 and I went out to lunch and both ate in silence while reading our books, heaven!!

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SlightlyMadSweet · 15/04/2008 19:07

It doesn't sound as though I am way off the requirements then as I do still isten to some reading - just not all of it.

They are free readers too.

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mrz · 16/04/2008 13:24

Both my children were/are excellent readers but we read together up until the end of primary school . I didn't expect them to sit and read a full school reading scheme book just to select a part/paragraph/passage they found interesting or amusing.

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