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[quote=Anonymous]I'm with the folks who say let your child lead.  We didn't push my seven year old.  His Montessori day care taught a bit of phonics in pre-K and K.  In K, we got the Bob books and would pull them out on occasion and focus on them depending on his interest.  We read books to him consistently and from a very young age as he'd sit still and listen for as long as we were willing to read.

Thus summer between K and 1st, things just clicked.  He went from Bob books (Mat sat on cat.) to chapter books within a few months. And now as a second grader, he is pretty fearless, thinking he can read most anything.  Harry Potter and Percy Jackson are within his comfort zone.  I was annoyed he was reading too many smurf graphic novels during school reading time, so suggested he read the Call of the Wild - and he's loving it.

The bottom line here is that my kid is a confident reader and there was absolutely no push for him to read early.  I can't imagine that he'd be reading better now if we pushed him to start earlier.

I'm curious about my second child, who is 2.5.  He wasn't as interested in books as his brother as an infant, but now loves them.  This one is more of a doer than an observer.  But he wants to do what his brother does and started talking much earlier than big bro.  I won't be surprised if he just starts reading one day.  And that'll be fine, too.[/quote]

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