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I've got a 5 year old who asked to be taught to read when she was three, and is now reading at 1st/2nd grade level. It allowed her the independence she wanted-to sit side by side with her brother, paging through stories. (It might not have two S's) We did just a tiny bit in the book every day, maybe 15 mintues, and in two months she was reading. Because the English language is so odd, and because I noticed that we weren't really making much progress just by using the little phonic books (like Seuss, etc.) that we had in the house, I purchased something recommended by homeschool moms called Disstar. When she was just nearing four, I finally decided to teach her at home instead of waiting until school. She did show lots of curiosity regarding words, and writing her name, and sounds, etc. My daughter, on the other hand, who was the second child, wanted to be a reader like my son, but for other reasons. The two months was grueling, and he remembers it vividly, but thank goodness we got through it and he was able to hate books only for a short amount of time! All these years later, you should see his room. We had a horrible two months in first grade where he had to remove his mind from the story and actually look at the words and do the work of reading them himself. When it came time to actually learn the skill of reading it was a rough road. He liked venturing to new places in his mind. He didn't show any interest in the actual words, however, he liked the stories and the thoughts that swirled around the stories. I have many photos of him just sitting in his room, books piled all around him as he paged through one, then the other. His favorite activity was to read, and he and I spent many hours every day reading stories of all kinds, non-fiction books, too. My oldest son, who is now 14 was book-crazed as a baby. Just thought I'd jump into this conversation since I've had some varied experiences. I want to encourage him, but don't want it to backfire if it would be way too incredibly frustrating at this age.

I do have some of the simplest books with short three word sentences.īased on his behaviour, I think he is very interested in reading. is it possible for him to really start learning some reading? Has anyone seen it happen this young? Lately, he'll point to the words and ask, 'What sound does this make?' (His way of saying 'what does this say?'.) He actually recognizes 'Spider-Man' and 'Spongebob' when he sees the words without the pictures. Now he picks up books and 'reads' them himself, pointing at the words and making up the story from the pictures and what he remembers. I just started doing this a few weeks ago.

When I read to him, I point to the words as I read them. I am curious how young a kid might be able to start to learn reading. I usually pick books that involve a topic or character that he likes, regardless of the 'age'. He has a huge collection of books ranging from baby books to books for kids up to age 8. My son is 2 1/2 years old and he LOVES his books.

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