Very interesting story I think parents these days all want their kids to be lawyers and drs before they even start school. Let kids learn as they grow .

Its just my opinion but I feel if a child loves to listen to stories and characters they naturally Lead towards reading without pressure at their own pace. Language and literacy are a true gift and shouldn’t be a pressure at such a young age. Your child will lead you!

I can see the benefits to both sides of the argument.

I encouraged the excitement related to stories but took my cue from the kids when it came to interest in learning to read.

My son starts school this year, and I havent taught him how to read, there is plenty of time for learning, life experiences at his age are more fun.

I love reading and I think it’s enjoyable so I’ll definitely be encouraging but not forcing. My niece already asks me to read to her because she loves it.

We read to our daughters a lot. There are so many wonderful stories to share. Many of these have even inspired real life experiences. Teaching them to read , however, is a different story. I encouraged my daughters to know their alphabet, draw, use scissors and do lots of playing – All the important stuff. They were both very keen to read, so we followed their lead to teach them. This happened with both of them once they started school.

My daughter loves being read to.but in terms of her reading she isn’t doing that. She can read her name thats about it. We are actively working on speech with a speech therapist so that is where our focus goes towards.

Just stupid and ignorant. Children get teased over so many things now without including not bring able to read!

We love books. We read many books a day. My 2 year old likes to read at the dinner table. He wants at least 2 books at bed time every night. He also loves climbing, jumping, dancing etc. My 2 year old knows all of the letters, colours and numbers to 10. We don’t sit there and teach him these things, it just happens naturally through our love of books and through play. He can “read” a few words (his name, caterpillar, mummy and daddy)

We always read books each day- before bed or sometimes just during the day. I think this makes reading normal and part of everyday. Also I love reading and will read books around my kids so they think this is a normal way to pass time at home.

I would encourage them to read but I teach my toddler from now how to hold the pencil correctly and do colouring in

We love books and are avid readers and it is just part of our lifestyle. Early reading is just a part of lifestyle – we absorb books.

There is so much to learn for our kids. It’s good when we can follow our children’s lead. I’m glad that my youngest can hold a pencil ! She was in an Early Intervention class this year and will be going to Kindy coming year.

We read with our daughter since she was born and she has always been interested in reading and writing. She started preschool when she was 3 years old, in a Montessori school, 3 hours a day 3 days a week, and she learned to write some words and read simple Dr Seuss’ books before going to kindergarten. But just because she wanted to. No pressure at all. In a Montessori school you just do the activities you like and she was attracted by letters.

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  • • mom93821 replied
    • 26 Dec 2018 , 7:06 am

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  We are the same – no pressure – just kids keen to learn and absorb everything around them.

I didn’t try to teach my kids to read (except to recognise their own name). I read to them a lot though.

No I didn’t teach my kids to read before Kindy. They all could write their name before they went to Kindy, except for my youngest. She only speaks some words and doesn’t write or recognizes her written name. She starts Kindy in February

I have not really tried to teach my children to read but some picked it up while other struggled with it. My second son told his teacher he could read, she did not believe me then said she said sorry afterwards. She told me some children can follow the words in the story but do not understand the meaning.

my nephew could read and write before he started school and you know what he got for it? Bored. While all the other kids were learning he was bored because he could already do it

You can make reading a fun thing to do and I think it’s important. We spell word out to our son all the time when reading toddler books to familiarize him with words and sounds etc