Ditto. We HS’d and used phonetics. The kid was reading and correctly pronouncing words that were beyond what she knew.
IOW, she was frequently coming up and reading a word to me with “what does that mean, daddy?”. Most of the time she pronounced it correctly.
We had to watch her because we discovered she was capable of reading stuff that was a little too, uh, mature, for a kid her age. It was a challenge. /grin
Yup—these kids know how to read!
“We had to watch her because we discovered she was capable of reading stuff that was a little too, uh, mature, for a kid her age. It was a challenge. /grin”
Same with our kids - they were plowing through old adult novels (starting at 5 years old). I dread to think of what was in them, but they didn’t seem to get affected.