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My mother taught me to read when I was four (just over sixty years ago). I'm sure it gave me a head start even though it made the first year of infant school (
by kwhitefoot 6y ago
My mother taught me to read when I was four (just over sixty years ago). I'm sure it gave me a head start even though it made the first year of infant school (5 to 7) occasionally irritating as I was asked to read what I regarded as babyish texts! Whether it would help all others I don't know but I imagine that it would hardly hinder anyone.
- colechristensen 6y agoSimilar situation, however i think it was quite damaging to my development that i wasn’t surrounded by children or similar levels of learning / development at that stage. I was the only one in my class able to read and essentially had to go amuse myself while everybody else was learning their letters. To be clear I am glad I was taught to read but regret nobody else was.