Statistics and young readers?

Question

I'm looking for more information and wondering if anyone knows of a website that provides statistics for children that read at a young age at home and the relationship of their school ability (long shot but must try!)

Answer 1

I don't know of any stats, but I know from my own personal experience. I read young. I was 3 when I completed my first reader. In first grade, I finished the reading levels all the way up to 3rd grade. By the time I was in 3rd grade, I was on the 5th grade level in every subject. Learning came naturally to me, and I always did well in school.

Answer 2

"Schools place emphasis on [early] reading not because it's the best way to learn but because it's the most efficient way to run assembly line learning." Fetterol

To answer your question, Hanson and Farrell (1995) showed that children taught to read in kindergarten that positive differences were maintained and seen in high school seniors. They don't quantify the differences however, leaving the findings rather untrustworthy. In addition, it doesn't take into account lifestyle differences in the family, including support and encouragement for children.

It is commonly believed that early reading leads to better school experiences, but only in terms of fulfilling expectations of teachers and administrators. Children who cause 'less trouble' in early grades have a happier paper trail that follows them than children who require additional work from teacher to fit into the program. i wish I could find the article I read last year that stated that by sixth grade, most of the differences between early readers and late readers are minute.

The ALA (american library association) places emphasis more on voluntary, independent reading by children, rather than early dependence on phonics. It also emphasizes the importance of families that continue to coread and parents that provide pencil and paper to encourage writing as a means of reading facilitation.

Hope this helps...

Answer 3

i don't know ant stats either but my son who is now eight and in 3rd grade is reading at an 8th grade level he is the higest reader in his whole group of third graders at his school. i honestly think it is because i read to him so much when he was a baby and toddler even now we still read with and to each other he loves to read to his 2 year old sister (which is soooooo cute) he is kicking butt in everysubject at school and has been on the honor roll both grading preiods this year... i hope he keeps it up when he is in middle and high school we encourage him in all aspects of his life but where we live the drop out rate is incredable most of the kids that are now in 10 th grade will not be back for 11th so i hope that all out encouragement will pay off and he can go to a good collage when he is old enough...... good luck i hope you find the answer your loking for....