DD is nearly 6 and in P1.
She reads her school books well once she brings them home, they are pretty well prepped though, its read to them, they listen to the story on tape etc.
At home, I am trying to get her to branch away from biff and chip however its sometimes like she hits a wall with other reading material, takes one look, is unconfident, decides it doesn't look familiar and doesn't want to even try it. However, if i gently encourage her she will start to read, sound out words and do really well but she has to be in the 'zone'and at times she will completely refuse saying, i can't do it, its too tricky etc.
So, how do you go about increasing a childs confidence and slightly stretching a child, or is it best not too. She only reads one book a week at school and i find the progress incredibly slow and i really want to give her a wider variety of books to enjoy at home. She loves fairy tales and loves being read to also. i expect some children will charge on and attempt pretty tricky books and just go for it but dd definately needs to be in her comfort zone, but surely to progress she has to go outwith it slightly??