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Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
He's already interested in reading, and spots words like "the" and "of" and points them out.
Reading too much about this stuff goes against my whole theory of parenting, which is not to get very involved in what the experts say or what the benchmarks are, and to try to give him lots of challenges and positive reinforcement.
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This is how Magnus started out, early in his third year. We would let him read all the words he knew (a, and, the, so); sometimes we would pause at the end of a page and let him fill in the word. He read traffic signs (slow, bump, stop, speed 25, etc.). By 2 and 3/4, last May/June, he was honest-to-goodness reading. At his third birthday party, he read his birthday cards (including the hand-printed parts) to the assembled guests. Now he reads almost as well as my first-grade nephew.
So I guess what I'm saying is, no, it's not unheard of, and no, memorizing whole books won't keep him from reading, and probably very very soon.
Have fun!! We're certainly enjoying it.
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