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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You have to practice with them everyday, just what they do in school will not be enough at this age. I taught mine reading and writing at 3-4.[/quote]

That wasn’t helpful and may have been harmful.  OP, don’t do this.  [/quote]

This was very helpful when dc were in school and very common. At least half of every class of about 50 started kindergarten knowing how to read and write (this is true for all dc). Back then they had half day kindergarten and schools didn’t focus on reading until second grade. Kindergarten was more like preschool. For my youngest they had to test everyone in the kindergarten class going into first because there were so many readers in kindergarten they didn’t know how to divide into 2 classes. Their entire class tested above grade level and were taught using second and third grade curriculum. The teacher had to fight the boe several times just to keep teaching on their level. At one point they stopped letting her move ahead and instead she put together a very elaborate play. It was lovely and the kids had a great time. One of my dc even won the state handwriting contest in first grade. They were so good that the people judging the contest didn’t believe they did it themselves and had to drive 5 hours to come observe them in class.

One of dc had some issues that today would have labels and IEPs attached but being able to read and write allowed them to stay in an accelerated class and keep up academically until halfway through the 3rd grade. At that point they really struggled with reading comprehension questions in paragraphs and processing information when it was presented orally. They had to move to a lower class for 1 year of focused attention in that area and then they were placed  back in the accelerated class for 5th and did great. They graduated high school in the top 10% and hold a Masters Degree Summa Cum Laude. I think if they hadn’t known to read and write so well at an early age this issue wouldn’t have been identified in 3rd and academically they would have struggled much more.

Teaching reading and writing is definitely not as common as it was 40 years ago but that doesn’t make it harmful. What a silly idea. My one dc was definitely helped by it. It seems to me that parent priorities have changed and people depend much more on schools now than they did just a couple generations ago. [/quote]

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