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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree with what previous posters are saying.  The kicker is how insulting this is to teaching professionals.  Here are the options:

1.  Your kid is pretty typical and will learn to read when someone takes the time to teach them.  Great news for you.  They will learn in K.  There really isn't any reason or need for them to learn earlier.  If they are begging you to learn to read (don't really buy this, but whatever...) give them plenty of BOB books, word puzzles, and yes definitely encourage whatever interest they show trying to read signs, menus, etc out in the real world.

2.  Your kid is going to have issues learning to read based on some kind of learning disability or is on the late end developmentally to "get it" and needs some extra help.  Great news for you.  When they get to school, there will professional people who have gone to school for years to learn different strategies on how to help your child.  Your child will be pulled out of class possibly for extra assistance from someone who has gone to even more school than the teacher, specifically about teaching kids how to read.  This is not some sort of failure on your part.  Take deep breaths and proceed.

And yes, you might be an option 3 with a severely dyslexic kid who requires a lot more support than a typical school is going to be able to provide.  I still don't think trying to teach an Option 3 kid to read in preschool is going to end up as a benefit.  Because while some red flags might show up in preschool, trained professionals are going to be very reluctant to diagnose dyslexia in a preschooler.[/quote]

Buahahahaha. One of the "trained professionals" that taught one of my kids in kindergarten couldn't get her act together enough to even hold reading group in class, much less actually teach my child. We've definitely had great experiences with other teachers, but it's not always that easy.

My current preschooler actually does beg me to read with her since that's what she sees her siblings doing. Admittedly she reads "Mat sat" and quits, but I'm not going to tell her "no" when she hands me a BOB book. Neither am I going to make her go on to the next page when she quits.[/quote]

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