Boys & Reading

Usually it takes a child until around fourth grade to have reached a level of automaticity, to have acquired the visualization skills, and to have accumulated a broad enough base of life experiences to begin learning through reading. Girls are usually better "early" readers and more active readers.

Boys usually do not become independent readers who read for pleasure until they are aged ten or older. Part of the reason for this is that boys usually have more of a frustrating learning-to-read experience than do girls.

Kerry