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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kids don't even understand what letters mean when they are young toddlers. This is just shape recognition, and is not necessary for learning to read at an appropriate age. Don't stress yourself out. Your kindergarten teacher wants them to know these by the start of that school year, when most kids are 5 or 5.5. You have plenty of time. Personally, I think getting your child into rote learning early on interferes with creative thinking, but some people seem to think it is a sign of intelligence and push it on their young toddlers. Whatever floats your parental boat. [/quote]
you really like to underestimate kids.  Mine understood letters easily and read by 3.5.  [/quote]

I have to agree. I'm a frequent "snowflake" basher, but my daughter turned three last month and she can understand simple sentences. [b]I wouldn't say she can read since she doesn't know how to apply phonics, but if you write "There are cookies in the drawer" on a sheet of paper, she goes running to the kitchen searching all of the drawers. [/b]I agree, however, that rote learning isn't indicative of advanced intelligence, but if you use it to your advantage I think it'll help with learning.

To answer OP's question, mine could say her ABCs and count to ten before 18 months. [/quote]

This sounds unusual to me for a child who just turned 3. For those of you whose kids learned to read at 3 or recognize words beyond names, this is definitely not the norm. This, to me, is like if someone handed me a sentence that said in Romanian "There is $100,000,000 just for you in a suitcase parked in that truck in front of your house."  :)

I don't recall when my DD could do these things. Do you remember when your children could identify at least 3 different bird calls, name which instruments were being played when listening to jazz or classical music, or nurtured her first seed to plant-hood? Let's face it, fellow parents-- being able to recite ABCs and count to 10 are the lamest skills ever because every single adult has them. I'd much rather hear what unique forms of knowledge your kids acquired early because they were curious and you nurtured their interests. The ABC/count to 10 thing is a perennial question, and a baffling one, unless someone has developmental concerns, in which case this is definitely NOT the crowd to address.[/quote]

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