My child is 6. I have them do 10-20 min of guided reading daily, meaning I sit with them and help where needed. They read mostly on their own though. I started because school was basically not teaching anything and giving half assed explanations why not.
How much do you do? Wondering if I’m an asshole parent 😅
We enjoy reading, and since they were little we did reading, including audio books, to get them into stories. Eventually they wanted more than I was willing to read aloud, and started reading for themselves. The library is a great source.
Bought em a kobo for their 10th birthday. No regrets.
(Well, I have had to tell them to stop reading when I went to bed several times, but that’s a good problem to have)
~Proud parent of a bookwyrm
Edit: to answer your question, in 1st and second grade, the teachers wanted the kids to spend some time at home reading, 10-20 minutes was the goal, to practice essentially.
Good to hear. My son loves books when I read. I read to him for about 20-40 min/day and he’s often begging for more. It’s just that reading is an active effort at his age, so theres a natural resistance to reading on his own. I’m trying to find the fun/learning balance.
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We enjoy reading, and since they were little we did reading, including audio books, to get them into stories. Eventually they wanted more than I was willing to read aloud, and started reading for themselves. The library is a great source.
Bought em a kobo for their 10th birthday. No regrets.
(Well, I have had to tell them to stop reading when I went to bed several times, but that’s a good problem to have)
~Proud parent of a bookwyrm
Edit: to answer your question, in 1st and second grade, the teachers wanted the kids to spend some time at home reading, 10-20 minutes was the goal, to practice essentially.
Good to hear. My son loves books when I read. I read to him for about 20-40 min/day and he’s often begging for more. It’s just that reading is an active effort at his age, so theres a natural resistance to reading on his own. I’m trying to find the fun/learning balance.