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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At four my DD and I wandered into a new ice cream shop we'd never been in. I picked her up to see the ice creams (very short kid). She sat in my arms and proceeded to read every single label. [/quote]

Yes but did she understand the differences in flavor, for example, that bubblegum is just sugar and food coloring and that unless strawberry has actual chunks of recognizable fruit that it is really vanilla with flavoring? Was she able to repeat back and describe why she wanted cookie dough versus Oreo (solid choice btw) and describe the difference and what she was feeling? If not, your child is not really a reader.[/quote]

Nice snark!  I agree, if the child can read the signs, great!  I would be more interested to know if she would have been able to read them if they were on a board all together or if the tubs were mislabeled, but that's me.  I think it's great to encourage reading in any and every form, as a child demonstrates interest.[/quote]

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