Children reading?

Your little boy is GORGEOUS!!! I think it's incredible that he's already recognising words and sentences! That's wonderful!!! and no I don't think you've pushed him too hard. I think that there's no age thats too early to encourage a love of reading / books! People / kids can lose interest in reading for all sorts of reasons, but I personally don't think the age at which they are introduced to books has much to do with it. If some kid is pushed hard to read, without there being any pleasure in it, then maybe they will lose interest yes. My little girl LOVES her books as well! Of course she doesn't 'read' yet, but she loves looking through them and 'babbling'! I can't upload pics yet into discussions, but I put one of her 'reading' a few months back on my profile page!

Hey LJ...I just came across this post today and thought it was intersting because of the fact that your son is into reading so much. My 8 year old had a huge interest in it a a very young age. I think like 3 or 4. I used to read to her almost everynight. She'd bring me her Dr. Seuss books and have me read to her all the time. She'd giggle her butt off because I made voices for all the characters and her interest just kept growing. I don't think it sounds like you're pushing him at all, sounds like he just has an interest of his own and you encourage it. Good job dad!

You really expect me to remember when I started reading? Oh goodness!!! Hmm... OK, I didn't read in K grade...that was nothing but organized play for a couple of hours a day. First grade...we were learning out ABC's and writing our names. Second grade...didn't get to do that because being put in foster care, they lost my records and so I skipped 2nd grade. So, third grade. And it was tough because everyone else was already reading...so I had to work very hard at it! K grade is different today than it was when I was little. They are actually learning to read! They are even supposed to know their phone number and address. Oops...still haven't taught my son that one. So, I don't think you are pushing your son too much. I think you are giving him a head start. So, good for you and your son! Congrats! :)

My mom started teaching me to read around age 3. I had little books that I read, and also flash cards.

From what I remember I was about 5 years old back then. It started when my older friends gave some comics which was so popular in our community that time. That was when T.V.was still few to be seen in our location while radio lacks on visual contact to its listener. So most of my fellowmen were engage in comics reading.