When Can My Baby Read?
I wondered, too. I love reading, so does his father. And, my Mom said that I could read since I was three and a half.
My son is almost three. I wonder will he be able to read when he reaches 3,5 years old?
Not that I want to push my son to read or I teach him everyday and get obsessed with it. I simply wonder.
I teach him alphabets and read him books.
I tried Glenn Doman’s and some other techniques but I just never push him.
According to some researchers, kids can read when they get five or six. Before that, most children have not yet formed certain neural connections that allow them to decode printed letters and then mentally combine them to make words.
There are some kids who can read at early age–like me and some other kids–but they never actually learn it.
My Mom also said that she never taught me. She knew that I could read when she caught me checking out her magazine and said some new words that she never heard of. Then, she asked how did I know them. And, I pointed at the magazine.
So, let’s just try our best, as parents, to introduce books and alphabets to the kids and don’t get obsessed over their reading skill.
They just will read, sooner or later.
