[SuziQ]

Not all kids learn to read at the same pace. Our #1 son read, but struggled and wasn't interested until about 4th grade, and it was Dungeons and Dragons strategy books that did the trick. Our #2 son was reading highway signs when he was 3 1/2, and is a terrific reader. Our daughter read well, and by 3rd grade was reading well above grade level. #3 son was similar to #1 son, in that he just wasn't interested; still isn't much, but does read above grade level.

We always read TO them, even when they were up into middle school. We'd choose books that were a little above their reading level and would have interesting vocabulary to stretch that skill as well.

[mysterio]

That seems like a pretty good strategy.

[HungarianGypsy]

We always read TO them, even when they were up into middle school. We'd choose books that were a little above their reading level and would have interesting vocabulary to stretch that skill as well.

Although my oldest could read young he never really wanted to. He always wanted me to read to him. It bothered me a little that he wouldn't read on his own until I read about Robert Frost who liked his mother reading to him until he was 14.