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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a 1st grader and a PreK-er and have purposely spent most of our time outside running around and avoiding learning to read early. The older child didn't read when he started K. The younger PreK-er won't know how to read before starting K. Academics are pushed down to the lower grades with recess and PE becoming a rare event. Do your kids a favor and let them have fun. They will have their nose to the grindstone soon enough. You know, chained to a desk reading and taking standardized tests. Relax. [/quote] Not all early readers are taught to read. My dd started reading (i.e. picking up books she'd never seen before and reading the words) right around her fourth birthday. She never attended daycare and only went to a play-based nursery school three mornings a week. I was shocked that she figured it out without any formal instruction. I subsequently discovered that she was not particularly unique.[/quote]
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