My brother gave our nephew (our sister's son) all of his old Pokémon cards when he first started showing interest. He struggles so much with reading and wanting to learn how to play was a big motivator for him. I buy him Pokémon cards for Christmas and his birthday (he asks for them still, he's 10) because anything that helps him in his quest for knowledge I want to support.
I still know so many random bugs because that's one of his interests. Reddit was a huge help with that one!
Well it does depend - but I think all of elementary school you’re learning that. It’s not like someone fresh out of kindergarten or first grade is going to be able to read everything out there. Plus, all kids learn at different paces, as long as they’re learning I think that’s all that really matters
To add to the previous reply to your comment, at 7 you're still at a low level of reading. You're not reading higher level novels and whatnot, while Pokémon (and other IP) provide an interesting bridge to speed up that sort of development... so it's less that they're learning how to read, and more that they're heavily improving their reading at a faster pace.
others answered before I did and they pretty much covered it, 7 is 2nd grade, and I think he started playing when he was 6. but yeah some kids have issues learning to read for whatever reason, and dyslexia does run in the family. sometimes it takes a little longer for it to click, i remember some kids in my 3rd grade class were really behind on reading, and that was in the 90s, before the current iPad generation, which is having a lot of issues in literacy.
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u/turtleduck Feb 10 '25
me too! and now, my boyfriend's little cousin who's 7 has been learning to read playing Violet