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To: little jeremiah

But you do not say WHY you think it is not in a child’s best interest to be taught to read when they are infants or toddlers.

You do not seem to even have an anecdote to back up that it is bad for kids to learn at a very young age.


38 posted on 05/02/2012 1:20:54 PM PDT by impimp
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To: impimp

Since my kids are in their late 30s and I haven’t read anything about teaching and so on since I was teaching them and kids their age, I don’t have any instant references.

BTW - I did teach my older child to read around 3 1/2 to 4, and a by the time the younger child could read (started teaching that one around 5 to 6) they could both read at the same age level, with a bit of variability in vocabulary.

Let kids be kids. No need to force them into academics until they’ve had sufficient play time. There are many books on the topic, if you really want to know about it you can search them. I don’t know any titles or authors and don’t have time to search them out. There are plenty of ways to help babies and toddlers learn about the world without teaching them reading when they are just learning how to talk.

Whatever floats your boat.


39 posted on 05/02/2012 2:18:17 PM PDT by little jeremiah
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