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When they started reading for 2-3 hours a day it was inevitable. Ours also write stories, one is currently writing a children's story that they're going to try and get published (should be an interesting experience). Maybe we're not as different as we seem? :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-43374910350044198492011-07-16T06:56:20.882-07:002011-07-16T06:56:20.882-07:00' We loved hearing their invented stories when...' We loved hearing their invented stories when younger and missed them when they reduced as they started reading other people's work.'<br /><br />They reduced? My kids imagination was even more fired up and they invented and then wrote more and more of their own stuff. Reading seemed to open doors of imagination for them, not close them. Even now as adults, they both still write stories and songs.<br /><br />We're all different, aren't we? :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-59705109688200210122011-07-16T06:04:28.174-07:002011-07-16T06:04:28.174-07:00Both of our late readers seemed more interested in...Both of our late readers seemed more interested in inventing their own stories than reading something written for them by an adult. They moved on to enjoying other people's stories when they learnt to read and we had similar experiences but at an older age (and of course, with our early readers when younger). We loved hearing their invented stories when younger and missed them when they reduced as they started reading other people's work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-40508458802084663632011-07-16T00:12:06.879-07:002011-07-16T00:12:06.879-07:00Yes, Allie. My son read all the Redwall books to h...Yes, Allie. My son read all the Redwall books to himself about age 8-10. We had a habit of describing our private reading to each other at dinner. We'd all get excited about our own reading and would want to read aloud particular bits that we'd enjoyed or which had moved us to the whole family. It was one of the most pleasurable elements of their childhoods and our family life at that time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-38638002326644554682011-07-15T14:51:21.074-07:002011-07-15T14:51:21.074-07:00One of the things I think meant a lot to my childr...One of the things I think meant a lot to my children was the private worlds of their independent reading. When son was six he read himself a trilogy of books in the Edge Chronicles series. I read him most of the other books in that series but he really enjoyed having some that were his alone. Of course, you could get that from an audio book but it's not quite the same.Alliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11321428226929318418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-87647337077422450382011-07-15T04:36:49.614-07:002011-07-15T04:36:49.614-07:00"I simply said that I would not have enjoyed ..."I simply said that I would not have enjoyed the frequency of interruptions which having non-readers in my home for a decade or more would have involved."<br /><br />How can it be an interruption if you are already with the child?<br /><br />"Implying I should have sent them to school is a little harsh and a strange reaction to my comment."<br /><br />I didn't mention you, I was talking about myself, as you say we all choose what suits our own family.<br /><br />"I wasn't criticising anyone else's HE style. I was saying how it would not have suited us. My kids thrived on the independent reading and writing they were able to do from an early age and I found it beneficial too."<br /><br />As did my early reader. My late readers were not obviously not interested since they had the same opportunities to learn at the early reader and the same opportunities were available when they did choose to learn.<br /><br />"I'm glad I taught them to read and write at that age. I'm sure you are glad about the way you HE'd. This isn't a competition. "<br /><br />Sure, and I was just giving my point of view, just as you did. It certainly wasn't intended as a criticism of your style, just trying to understand how it can be an interruption if you are already with the child? <br /><br />"But we also has times of quiet when we all read, sometimes at the same time, in the same room. It was bliss!"<br /><br />We would have the equivalent but the non-readers were usually engaged in more practical activities or play. Again, not a criticism, just trying to understand why you think a household with non-reading children would make such a difference?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-59707084751734718152011-07-14T23:05:02.635-07:002011-07-14T23:05:02.635-07:00'Even if mine had been reading at 4, I'd h...'Even if mine had been reading at 4, I'd have been surprised if my son had been able to read and understand everything he wanted to know about astronomy, for example.'<br /><br />True. For a large proportion of our day together I was engaged in discussion with my children, based on the things they had been reading about or what we'd been finding out about while we were out and about.<br /><br />But we also has times of quiet when we all read, sometimes at the same time, in the same room. It was bliss! Sometimes, we'd all be writing something at the same time too. Then we'd chat about what we'd been reading or writing. I treasured those periods in the day.<br /><br />I loved the way we HE'd and am very glad they learned to read and write early on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-79653077212636914792011-07-14T22:56:39.198-07:002011-07-14T22:56:39.198-07:00'Autonomous educators are more often accused o...'Autonomous educators are more often accused of being lazy home educators on this blog now I'm accused of doing too much!'<br /><br />I haven't accused anyone of anything. I simply said that I would not have enjoyed the frequency of interruptions which having non-readers in my home for a decade or more would have involved.<br /><br />I loved home educating. I enjoyed my children's company. Implying I should have sent them to school is a little harsh and a strange reaction to my comment. <br /><br />I wasn't criticising anyone else's HE style. I was saying how it would not have suited us. My kids thrived on the independent reading and writing they were able to do from an early age and I found it beneficial too. <br /><br />I'm glad I taught them to read and write at that age. I'm sure you are glad about the way you HE'd. This isn't a competition.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-68945029557074913092011-07-14T21:09:01.616-07:002011-07-14T21:09:01.616-07:00Simon said:
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