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As was mentioned, please have vision checked, though you might have noticed more problems if there were big troubles. For eg. a nephew had a problem with vision which ended up w/ two surguries to correct. But it was discovered long before kindergarten; because he tilted his head in order to watch TV, or placed his body on an angle from the set & then turned his head to view the screen. He also navigated steps with some difficulty. Those things were enough that he was evaluated at age 3, well before he could have described to parents what he actually "saw" or showed problems with reading.
I also recommend having an evaluation done by a reading specialist. My child needed one right around the same age. We were in private school, but would have gone to the school district to obtain the testing. However, my H is a teacher, in another district & he just asked a specialist from his school if we could set something up. Long story short, we ended up doing one-on-one tutoring (w/ another reading specialist)during the summer.
My kid sounds like yours in the not sitting still for reading, but able to for other things. He managed phonics a bit better (we had used Hooked on Phonics & the Phonics Game with him earlier - both are pretty useful, IMHO), but his evaluation said that he actually had a pretty good vocab. & sight word memory, but needed phonics reinforcement. As texts became more difficult, (say in 5th grade), they felt he would run into trouble if he hadn't really mastered phonics & de-coding multi-syllabic words.
He's much better w/ reading now, but he doesn't enjoy it. Much prefers to be read to...I think cause it allows him time to move around & play...however he retains more detail, being read to & seemingly not concentrating, than I know I ever could in the same situation!
Good luck with finding the right solution for your daughter - there is one out there!!
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