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[quote=Anonymous]I agree with previous posters that it’s too early to be pushing letters.

Keep reading to him.  Getting him to associate books with fun is great.

Do language type things with him for fun (not as lessons). Sing songs, tell him nursery rhymes and tongue twisters. It will help him develop a better sense for sound patterns. Once he’s used to rhymes, if he’s interested, you can play rhyming games together.

Talk about books, TV shows, movies, etc., just as conversation not as lessons.

Expose him to as much as you can.  Reading is part decoding and part comprehension.  When the time EVENTUALLY comes, it will be crucial that he gets phonics. If you can sound out words efficiently, you can read anything you could understand somebody telling you.  The more things you expose him to now, the more context he’ll have for the words he reads.  Read him books about fire trucks, maybe take him somewhere he can see one - that will help later to read books about fire trucks on his own. Basically, everything for him right now is a learning experience. Explore his interests as far as he wants (even if you get tired of them) and expose him to as many different things as possible so he can discover new interests. [/quote]

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