DD2's comprehension improving - any drawbacks I'm not considering?

[lougle]

DD2's backstory - undefined tendency to literal thinking and a need for explicit teaching of concepts, but not recognised at school level.

So, DD2 couldn't seem to follow even the most basic plot unless the story was read back to her, and seemed not to be able to answer questions about what might happen next, or what had happened before.

I went to the library with her and found a set of books she was drawn to. They are 'fairy' books, with different themes, but the central characters stay the same throughout the series and always involve naughty goblins.

I've been reading a chapter or two per day, stopping every so often to ask a question, point out a meaning of a word, check for understanding. DD2 has improved massively through this. She's starting to retain the story, and even predict what might happen next and why.

This can only be good, right?

I have this niggling thought that by doing this at home, it covers the issues up and then she won't get help at school. But, so far, they aren't helping anyway...so I need to just keep doing what I can, don't I?

It's confusing.

Hi Bizzey, I'm not sure if that would be 'literal thinking' issues, as such....more having a fixed concept in his mind of what constitutes 'married' ie. wearing a wedding ring.

DD1 & DD2 both do this a lot. They learn 'concepts' in quite a fixed way, then it takes a bit of work to help them generalise. So, for e.g. "Married means a man and a woman wearing wedding rings" needs to stretch to 'you can also be married if you don't wear rings.' and 'we know a lady is married if she is called 'Mrs', etc.

I'm itching to move on to Enid Blyton. I'm not sure DD2 is ready for the storylines yet - she would find it very hard to understand that the children often don't do what they are meant to do, yet are heroes at the end

Well when you get there you could always start with the Faraway Tree where the children earn time off for adventures by helping round the house first.

Thanks lougle...maybe I am trying too hard too understand him!

When I was reading the Twits to them his brothers laughed at the part when the monkeys stuck the furniture to the ceiling to trick the Twits into thinking they were upside down ......He wanted to know what sort of glue did they use?!!!

I too would love too move on to Enid ...but a bit worried how his practical brain would take it !!