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[quote=Anonymous]I started reading on my own, somewhere between age 3 and 4 (my parents didn't notice for a while because I would "read" books I had memorized to myself at first).  In kindergarten and first grade I also went to a Montessori-style school (the Lab School at U of C) and can remember the phonics stations that others have described.  I remember reading them for fun and finding the phonetic phrases interesting, and I could also sound out just about anything in the paper by age 5 (although I don't really know how much I understood in terms of vocabulary).

I am definitely not a typical case, though; I was an early talker, using full sentences with a large vocabulary by age 2, and went on to be ahead in reading and writing throughout school.  Which I say not to brag about my prowess as a preschooler, but to say that this is an unusual trajectory for a child.  In contrast, my brother was still learning to read when he went to school, and has suffered from the sight memorization approach that had become popular in the early 80s (look at the word and guess it from the consonants and the context, basically).  I would strongly recommend the phonics system if you are looking for an approach for a child who is interested in learning and being taught before kindergarten.  Once they're in school, I would personally also bring that in to complement what they're learning if they're not getting phonics in school.[/quote]

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