Key Developmental Milestones (6-8)

At this age, children are building more reading fluency, comprehension, and independence. With the right encouragement and support, they may start reading more independently and your reading routine may involve them reading to you, as well as you still reading to them.

They may begin to show more interest in specific topics and simple genres such as fairy books, animal stories, non-fiction, etc. This is where simple chapter books expand their reading world, and as they move towards eight, they begin to enjoy longer and more developed stories.

This is a good age to introduce more complex themes around topics such as friendship, personal responsibility, and curiosity. It’s also an age where they might enjoy reading simpler books by themselves, but listening to more advanced stories with you.

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