Unscientific Poll on Early Readers

[ErinE]

Ds11 was reading well by age 5 and loves reading.

Dd8 wasn't reading by age 5 and doesn't like reading, but is slowly enjoying it more.

I didn't read until first grade and I'm an avid reader.

[wingedradical]

Son #1 read fluently at 5 - has always read and still reads at past 40 years.

Son #2 read fluently at 4 - liked reading for a couple of years and then hated most of it until he hit college. Then he loved it again and still does at almost 30. I should add, that during the years he wasn't reading, he was writing -fiction and nonfiction-continually.

DFD: Read fluently at 5, read as a child, at 17, reads what she must but not much more. I think it is her stage in life and she will read for pleasure again.

 

[Snow]

My very unscientific opinion is that kids who love books as a very young child will continue to love books, even if it's hard to learn to read and/or they hate reading during that process. Kids who don't like reading as they age, never really liked reading even as a small child.