Yes. She started reading before 30 months (around 27 / 28 months) but I was pregnant with dc2 so didn’t realize until a few months had gone by. She has always loved reading and now in K is reading chapter books (eg Ramona and Beezus).dc2 knew most by 26 months with some errors on lowercase. Now at 3.5 can read some but not as interested as older sibling was.

My daughter (second child) knew all letters early, around 2 or even right before. My son probably knew all of his solidly by age 4. My daughter also wrote letters well way earlier than my son. My son is now advanced in literacy so I don't think memorizing letters earlier or later really means much.

No. Not even close. He is 3.

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Anonymous wrote:My brother could identify all his letters at 18 months - and he turned out to be a certified genius. Went to Harvard at 16 and medical school at Yale. He is an oncologist now with two little girls who seem bright but are not geniuses by any measure so far.

And your point is?

That not everyone who can identify letter is on the autistic spectrum or that it means nothing in all cases. My brother could identify all letters and is not autistic nor does he suffer from ADD or ADHD and in his case it was indicative of higher intelligence.

Are his social skills better than yours?

Yes. I am shy - he isn't. He is a sweet guy - very devoted to his patients and family.

Anonymous wrote:My daughter could. My sons could not. It doesn't really matter much. They need to know letters and sounds at the beginning of kindergarten.

Same. Daughter could, my sons couldn't. Now my older two are literally the top of their class for reading, so I don't think it matters what they do at age 2. I wouldn't bother teaching. Just read aloud and make story time fun (lots of cuddles, animated voices, discuss the story and pictures).

At 20 months DS can pretty accurately point out all upper and lowercase letters at random, and name them. He doesn't know the alphabet song yet or alphabetical order. He brings me an alphabet book every day to go over with him, and has become obsessed with calling out letters on signs when we are out. He knows 1-10, basic shapes, colors.

My son knew all the letter sounds before 2 and all the letters just after 2. He was a late talker but had an early obsession with letters and numbers. I introduced the Leap Frog Letter Factory DVD at around 19 months. The DVD teaches the letters but really focuses on the letter sounds. I thought it might help him talk because it would reinforce letter sounds. He learned all the letter sounds in about 6 weeks. He loved to play with magnetic letters on a door for hours a day. He learned to read when he was 3.

My daughter is 2 years, 7 months. I introduced the same DVD to her. She likes it but she has not been as interested in letters as her brother. She can sing the ABC song and is close to recognizing all the letters, but misses a few. In some cases, when I ask which letter I am pointing to, she says the letter sound but not the name of the letter. She is learning the letters in preschool now, so I suspect she will have them figured out by the time she is 3. There is a wide variation in when kids learn letters. Some as early as 18 months, others after they turn 3. This is all within normal.

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Anonymous wrote:My oldest knew all of his before 18 months, but he’s been like that with everything. His IQ is supposedly 140, but I understand that’s pretty average around here.

No it's not. It is not pretty average anywhere. I how is his IQ supposedly 140? He either tested or he didn't, there is not supposedly about it. Just because people here go on and on their kids IQ being 138, you notice it is always around 138, we then hear in a follow up post, well that was in verbal but scored less in reasoning,(we then never hear the reasoning score, so it pulled it down. And still no real result happening. And it is always somewhere in Elementary or Preschool. Who is testing full WISC on preschoolers? In my country if you got an IQ test it was in HS or right before college. Or never.

I was tested as a preschooler because it was part of the admissions process for the magnet ES I went to. My sister was tested as well.

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Anonymous wrote:My oldest knew all of his before 18 months, but he’s been like that with everything. His IQ is supposedly 140, but I understand that’s pretty average around here.

No it's not. It is not pretty average anywhere. I how is his IQ supposedly 140? He either tested or he didn't, there is not supposedly about it. Just because people here go on and on their kids IQ being 138, you notice it is always around 138, we then hear in a follow up post, well that was in verbal but scored less in reasoning,(we then never hear the reasoning score, so it pulled it down. And still no real result happening. And it is always somewhere in Elementary or Preschool. Who is testing full WISC on preschoolers? In my country if you got an IQ test it was in HS or right before college. Or never.

Supposedly 140 probably means 140 was one of the index scores on the NNAT or COGAT my child took in class. (These are not even IQ scores)

Anonymous wrote:No...but by around that age DD could distinguish between a "moon rocket" (Saturn V) and a space shuttle as well as between Saturn and Jupiter.

Around that age my 4 year old and 2 year old could put a whole large Solar System puzzle together. And they did. So far no interest in astrophysics! Where have I gone wrong?!

Anonymous wrote:My oldest knew all of his before 18 months, but he’s been like that with everything. His IQ is supposedly 140, but I understand that’s pretty average around here.

No it's not. It is not pretty average anywhere. I how is his IQ supposedly 140? He either tested or he didn't, there is not supposedly about it. Just because people here go on and on their kids IQ being 138, you notice it is always around 138, we then hear in a follow up post, well that was in verbal but scored less in reasoning,(we then never hear the reasoning score, so it pulled it down. And still no real result happening. And it is always somewhere in Elementary or Preschool. Who is testing full WISC on preschoolers? In my country if you got an IQ test it was in HS or right before college. Or never.

Older kid--yes, and an early reader. Younger kid--knows six letters at age 3.5 (and half of those comprise his name!) We take note of it but aren't worrying much at this stage. If he still doesn't know them as he approaches kindergarten, then we'll double down on it.

No...but by around that age DD could distinguish between a "moon rocket" (Saturn V) and a space shuttle as well as between Saturn and Jupiter.

No, because I didn't teach them and nobody thought them either. They are doing just fine now, one in college one in HS. Unless child is picking it up on its own, really his own, there is no need to teach them letter at that age. Much better to go to the park and the zoo. And play on the carpet and do puzzles, and cuddle and give them hugs. Are you doing OK OP? You can read right? But you didn't at 28 months? Are you a total loser without a home, job, any ability at all? You can clearly write.

Wow, no way. My son is a few months past 3, and he is just beginning to recognize the letters in his name. He is bright, articulate and doing well in preschool. I think 26 months is super early!