Posted on 04/28/2012 11:57:58 AM PDT by BruceDeitrickPrice
And each child is really different. They have to be treated as individuals. I taught myself how to read; by age 4 I was reading 3rd or 4th grade books, I don’t even remember how I learned. My parents used to read out loud to us kids all the time and I probably followed along in the books they were reading.
Other kids want to do other things.
The catch-up effect is something I have read about from more than one source.
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