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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For everyone on this thread who had a DC reading at 2 or 3- how did they learn? Did they just teach themselves? How does one even teach yourself how to read..[/quote]

I'm a mom of an early reader.  I did read to my kid a lot.  He just was naturally curious about letters.  I was an early reader myself so I suspect there's some genetics at play.

[b]But again I wouldn't put that much stake into it.  My sister struggled to learn read as a kid and she just graduated from a top PhD program.  The fact that she learned to read late made no difference.[/b][/quote]

I posted earlier that my later reader has a higher IQ than the early reader. Once it clicked for her, in early 1st grade (and 7 yrs old because she has an Oct birthday)  she really took off and quickly reached a high reading level. She also enjoyed reading for pleasure much more than the early reader who by then end of ES only read the bare minimum required. Parents put way too much emphasis on early reading as a marker of intelligence. [/quote]

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