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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was reading before I was 3 and didn't understand why some of my classmates couldn't read at 5 or 6. Luckily it was a small enough class (8 students, IIRC), that the teacher had time to work with kids individually at their various levels. I have no idea how it works with bigger classes.[/quote]

You were not reading at 3 and nobody has memories from age 3.  Your mother remembers it this way, but it is doubtful.[/quote]

This is why I filmed my son reading starting from when he was four. Otherwise, when he grew up people would say i was exaggerating my memories...why not believe the PP? There are certainly children who read at 3.[/quote]

There are videos somewhere, but they are VHS and I am not inclined to have them transferred and uploaded to prove to a stranger that I read before three. I could not swim till I was in school, but I do not doubt the people who say their 18 month olds are great swimmers.  It might not quite be the norm, but different people have different strengths that develop at different times. I tested at a 12th-grade reading level at the age of 8 and later got a perfect verbal score on the SAT. It's something that came naturally to me. My brother and sister couldn't read till kindergarten, but they were (and still are) better at sports and maintaining social relationships.

If it makes PP feel any better, my mother was 19 when I was born and I grew up in a chaotic environment.  Reading was an invaluable escape for me as a small child.  If I could go back in time and trade good parenting for the ability to read before three, I would do it in a heartbeat.[/quote]

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