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[quote=Anonymous]At that age you follow the child and put things in their path that you notice will catch their interest. Then they discover for themselves. You don't teach them, you let them learn based on their individual attention. The children whose brains are designed to pick up early reading will bring you books to read all day long. It is where their attention is naturally focused at that time. They "learn" simply by looking at the book when you read to them. You don't teach this kind of kid to read, the seek it and absorb it like a sponge. Can you force teach a kid? Yes. However, you are forcing their brain to miss out on whatever the child would naturally have chosen to learn during that precious brain development time. If your child is not into reading at 3, that is fine and normal. If they are, that is also fine.[/quote]
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