I've got two dds. Both summerborn. The second one is 4 - so in Reception. I don't think she's G&T, she just, like many children, really loves reading. I've not taught her. She reads to me in the evenings like her sister does, and as a result has become very good at it. In fact, slightly better than her older sister, who is a good reader in Year 2.
my four year old got to Level 14 on the school scheme - gold, lime? earlier this month (they kept putting her up, I never asked them to change her level), but clearly wasn't understanding the concepts (Treetops, ORT so designed for much older children). I suggested at this point that they found her something more appropriate, but they said that if she wasn't going to read those then she needed to choose from a box in Yr1. Which would be fine, but the books she brings home now have only one sentence on a page, because they let her choose whichever she likes. She can read them in seconds, so I've got her reading the Faraway Tree to me instead - which she enjoys.
I asked the teachers whether they could provide her with something challenging and appropriate, but they appear to think I am mad, and pushing her. I have never pushed her at all. She likes to go on Google after school and type in 'books for children' and then begs me to buy them - she is just obsessed with books (not always in a healthy way - I've asked them to ensure she spends less time in the book corner and more with her friends, as she clearly uses reading as a 'comfort blanket' when things go wrong).
Am I unreasonable to assume that they should provide her with a book that is at an appropriate level for her, or are they right in saying such a book doesn't exist? She understands what she's reading when its something like the Faraway Tree or the Selfish Giant, can infer and predict at a reasonable level, but level 14 and above Treetops are all about things like Victorian poverty and adaptations of White Fang - not really appropriate for a four year old. I know this, because her sister has gone through the lot of them.
They think I will turn her off reading by allowing her free access to fairy tales and Enid Blyton, and I think they will turn her off reading if they keep just giving her books that are too easy, or insisting on rigid adherence to a scheme designed for Juniors. And now I feel like I'm being unreasonable by asking them to make time to choose the right book for her? What do I do to ensure they don't just think I'm some kind of nutter, but make sure dd2 is well served at the same time.
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readingwreck · 23/06/2014 17:57
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