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Pure anecdote but my kid started sight reading around 2.5 and was legitimately reading at about three. We thought she might be purely sight reading until we bro
by igetspam 6y ago
Pure anecdote but my kid started sight reading around 2.5 and was legitimately reading at about three. We thought she might be purely sight reading until we brought home new books and she'd read them. She's just over 3.5 and has moved on to "chapter books." (Nothing over 25 pages or so with 3_4 page chapters.) She learned to read by being read to and answering her questions and learning the sounds and then trying them. She's just starting to spell words over four characters and math is still tricky (only tried addition) but she's definitely literate.
I won't say it's possible for every kid but it's definitely not impossible.
- AuryGlenz 6y agoI apparently did the same thing as your child. There was one book in particular I had read to me a lot to the point where I memorized it, and from there I largely learned what each letter does. I think intelligence is a factor, but the innate desire to read is critical.