And once again I'm having to pause in DITHOR to let Jayden's reading ability/fluency catch up. I completely get it, but it is frustrating how she learns. She'll be at a certain level, be doing fine, and then just get stuck... then she'll jump ahead a tremendous amount, be fine for a couple of genres, and then get stuck again. BTW, when I noticed this I put our books in order by reading level, hoping that the steady progression would help, but it evidently did not. Basically, she'll get to a reading level and need much help on each page. That's when I stop, and let her just read for fun. When she can go back to that book and read it fairly easily (only one or two helps per chapter) we move on. She'll do great for one or two books and then we'll have to take a break again.
Does anyone else have a child who does this? Does it get better as they get older? Are we ever going to be able to do more than two genres in a row without taking what could be a substantial break? Sometimes it only takes her a couple of weeks for her to catch up, but one time it took two months.
Her eyes have been checked and she has no signs of dyslexia FWIW. She has ALWAYS learned this way in every subject, even colors and shapes when she was a preschooler. She was 3 before she knew any colors and overnight she knew pretty much any color you could put in front of her. Fortunately we homeschool, so we CAN take breaks and she won't get "left behind" but I would like to be able to do the work like it "should" be done.
And Stuck Again
Re: And Stuck Again
I have one of those learners too. It seems that sometimes a concept or skill has to have time to stew in his brain before it sinks in. It's something I don't understand, but I try to be patient and just wait it out. I know now after many times of watching this happen that in his own time, he'll get it. So I can relate to what you are saying. I know a month or so ago when I had a concern about my son's reading comprehension not improving, Julie had posted that reading skills often tend to come in spurts. So this is probably normal, but perhaps it's exaggerated when you have learner who is already very spurt-like in their learning. I'm wondering if you could try choosing books that increase in reading level at a slower rate maybe? That's the only idea I have to keep going ahead more steadily otherwise I would say be patient and wait it out. 

Patty in NC
b/g twins '02 Rev2Rev 2014/15
previously enjoyed LHFHG, BLHFHG, Bigger, Preparing, CTC, RTR
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b/g twins '02 Rev2Rev 2014/15
previously enjoyed LHFHG, BLHFHG, Bigger, Preparing, CTC, RTR
******
Nisi Dominus Frusta (Without God, frustration)
Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain. Psalm 127:1
Re: And Stuck Again
Well, I chose books on purpose that advanced only one "month" at a time (like 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, etc.) and put them in that order after the first time she got stuck because I thought she was just reading too high of a level all of a sudden. But no.... evidently this is just what is going to happen!
So DH agreed that it would be best to take the summer off of DITHOR and just have her read for fun. What we decided would probably be the best course of action would be to get several books each week that are late second grade/early third grade level (she reads technically at a 4.7 level, but fluently at 3.2 level) for her to just read and then also pick a series for her to read through that is a little bit higher, like mid to late 3rd grade. She likes the idea of magic treehouse, but I don't really think it's her thing.... we'll probably go with biographies or history things since she loves reading stuff like that. I was thinking maybe some King Arthur/ Knights of the Round Table/ Merlin type stuff also might peak her interest.
So DH agreed that it would be best to take the summer off of DITHOR and just have her read for fun. What we decided would probably be the best course of action would be to get several books each week that are late second grade/early third grade level (she reads technically at a 4.7 level, but fluently at 3.2 level) for her to just read and then also pick a series for her to read through that is a little bit higher, like mid to late 3rd grade. She likes the idea of magic treehouse, but I don't really think it's her thing.... we'll probably go with biographies or history things since she loves reading stuff like that. I was thinking maybe some King Arthur/ Knights of the Round Table/ Merlin type stuff also might peak her interest.
Re: And Stuck Again
I picked up some of the Classic Starts series for my ds at conference this year. I thought this would be a good way to give him some interesting but fun reading over the summer. One of the ones I picked up was The Story of King Arthur and His Knights.
I also recently had gotten the Imagination Station books for my dc. It looks like the reading level listed on those is 2.3 so it's probably beneath your dd and perhaps you want her reading material to be at a higher level, but even though they are an easy read, my dc have enjoyed them. They are similar to Magic Treehouse.
I attended a class about reading at conference a year or two ago and I remember the lady saying that it takes thousands upon thousands of pages before a child is truly fluent in reading. So it can takes years before they are able to read more automatically where it is more fun than work. Her suggestion was to continue to feed them books of high interest, even if they were somewhat "twaddle", in order to get them to that comfort level of reading. I've tried to keep that in mind with my ds. It's only been in the last year that he's wanted to read so I keep trying to feed that by choosing books that will really interest him. I mention this just to say that I think your plan for reading over the summer sounds great. In time, I'm sure your dd will have that moment when things click and she'll make the next leap in level.

I attended a class about reading at conference a year or two ago and I remember the lady saying that it takes thousands upon thousands of pages before a child is truly fluent in reading. So it can takes years before they are able to read more automatically where it is more fun than work. Her suggestion was to continue to feed them books of high interest, even if they were somewhat "twaddle", in order to get them to that comfort level of reading. I've tried to keep that in mind with my ds. It's only been in the last year that he's wanted to read so I keep trying to feed that by choosing books that will really interest him. I mention this just to say that I think your plan for reading over the summer sounds great. In time, I'm sure your dd will have that moment when things click and she'll make the next leap in level.

Patty in NC
b/g twins '02 Rev2Rev 2014/15
previously enjoyed LHFHG, BLHFHG, Bigger, Preparing, CTC, RTR
******
Nisi Dominus Frusta (Without God, frustration)
Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain. Psalm 127:1
b/g twins '02 Rev2Rev 2014/15
previously enjoyed LHFHG, BLHFHG, Bigger, Preparing, CTC, RTR
******
Nisi Dominus Frusta (Without God, frustration)
Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain. Psalm 127:1
Re: And Stuck Again
Thanks!
I totally do not really care if it's twaddle this summer as long as she's reading.... but she just typically is not interested in typical things that the girls her age are interested in. Her friends are all older and talking about the books they are reading and the subjects they are reading about, so those are the things she wants.
It's been a while since she picked up MT books or even things like AMerican Girl books, so they might be about the level I'm wanting for her for the summer. We'll try some of those again and see how it goes.
I totally do not really care if it's twaddle this summer as long as she's reading.... but she just typically is not interested in typical things that the girls her age are interested in. Her friends are all older and talking about the books they are reading and the subjects they are reading about, so those are the things she wants.
It's been a while since she picked up MT books or even things like AMerican Girl books, so they might be about the level I'm wanting for her for the summer. We'll try some of those again and see how it goes.