Diane

Also it may be that those with early readers don't have the same need for support or the ability
to provide it with personal stories.

:-) Diane

Tia Leschke wrote:

> >
> >
> >So, I keep seeing these statements that unschoolers read later and I'm
> >wondering why. I mean, I understand and it is to be expected that some
> >children will learn later than other children as they are all individuals
> >and not some little wind up toys that are pre-programed to learn things at
> >certain ages. However, it seems that the stats are somewhat titled.
>
> My guess is that a lot of those "late" readers would be pushed, either in
> school or doing school-at-home, and that a lot of them would more or less
> get reading at an earlier age than if they were the ones deciding when to
> read. Of course a lot of those will likely become readers who choose not
> to read unless made to.
> Tia
>
> Tia Leschke leschke@...
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In a message dated 12/08/2001 7:49:21 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:


> Also it may be that those with early readers don't have the same need for
> support or the ability
> to provide it with personal stories.
>
>
My son Julian learned to read easily and well, when he was still in school
(he left after third grade to unschool) --but I don't think school had
anything to do with his learning to read. He was passionate about it almost
immediately, and never went through any struggle. In fact, one of the main
reasons we decided we had to pull him out is that he told us the problem with
school was that there was never enough time to read. School more interfered
than helped him with reading.

I think kids pick these things up when they're ready, however we school,
unschool, or try to influence them. You MIGHT in school or homeschool be able
to push a kid who's not ready to read, but will probably mess up any chance
of the child's LIKING it.

I was a very early reader (early 4) and my mom says she never "taught" me...I
just started reading, because I loved it.

Kathryn



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