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My daughter learned to "read" at 18 months. This was done by putting cards with words next to the things they described all around the house (a card written wit
by nickbauman 11y ago
My daughter learned to "read" at 18 months. This was done by putting cards with words next to the things they described all around the house (a card written with "BUCKET" was put next to an actual bucket) for weeks, pointing them out and explaining them through the days. Then occasionally collecting them up and spreading them out on the floor to play a game "Emi, go bring me the bucket card". After six months she was reading billboards along the highway.
The key idea though was that it was always just a game, never a chore. We'd put the cards back BEFORE she got bored of them.
She could read a 400+ page novel in a day at age 11. I can't even come close to that.
- infinite8s 11y agoThis sounds like an interesting approach. What age did you start doing this?
- lintiness 11y agoit's an interesting approach if you like picking up bits of torn up and chewed up cards all day long. as for a reading 18 month old child, i call bullshit.
- nickbauman 11y agoNotice the quotes. I said "read" not read. She was recognizing words on billboards by remembering the letterforms from cards. But it was a start.
- DanBC 11y agoThe little bits of evidence we have suggest it's not a good way, and that synthetic phonics is the way to go. Teaching children to read is weirdly controversial though.
- nickbauman 11y agoIt backfired. She started way ahead of the other kids in school, which put tons of pressure on her to achieve and perform, eventually losing her love of learning at school. By sophomore year in highschool she was essentially "checked out" in spite of winning awards given to many community leaders of note today. She completed two years of undergrad (much of it on scholarship) and quit.
- infinite8s 11y agoAh that's too bad. It's unfortunate that most schools are geared toward the lowest common denominator and don't have the ability to provide advanced customized learning for those children that can handle it.
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- shas3 11y agoI am curious to know what you think about Larry Sanger's (a co-founder of Wikipedia) approach to this: http://larrysanger.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/How-and-Why-I-Taught-My-Toddler-to-Read.htm http://larrysanger.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/How-and-Wh...
- nickbauman 11y agoWay ahead of her time, but looks interesting!