if you really want an early reader:
1. get magentic alphabet letters for your fridge. play with them until your kid knows what sounds all the letters make -- that is how reading begins
2. read to them. a lot -- 30 or 40 books a day.
3. Get one of those alphabet puzzles. this was actually the most effective way to teach my kid all his letters.
I did this with older my son, he was reading in PreK3. I guess it was pretty cool, he got a head start on reading and now, at age 7 in 1st grade, has so much info in his head. now he is at a 3rd grade level.
with my younger son, i am MUCH more laid back. I don't actually think early reading is that important. second kid is still super smart and happy, absorbing things and figuring things out at a natural pace.