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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]17:08 is a perfect example of this kind of thinking/jealousy.  If  your kid is reading at an earlier age than mine, it must be that you're a crazy parent pushing reading DVDs to toddlers!  Couldn't possibly be just that your kid happened to pick up reading earlier than her/his kid...[/quote]

Seriously not jealous at all. So explain how your kid just "happened to pick it up."  They taught themselves how to read?   :roll: [/quote]

At this age , reading is just the ability to string sight words together.  If you read to your child a lot, they learn to recognize words.  If you're out and about and they ask you to tell them what the sign says, they are learning more words.  The child just learns to read by being exposed to the words.

I was excited that my 3 yr old could read.  His teacher commented that he knew many sight words but he wasn't necessarily reading.  Her definition of reading is the ability to sound out new words correctly.   By that definition, my now 4 yr old can't read.[/quote]

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