Both of my kids read when they were two years old. I didn't "teach" them to read, we just read books all the time. In fact, I assumed they just memorized the stories becuase they were young. I didn't suspect they were actually reading until they read cereal boxes in the grocery store or sounded out names on hockey jerseys. My youngest was reading Harry Potter in kindergarten. It was really impressive in a sort of circus act "oh my God, he can read" way. To be honest, by the time they're in third grade, all the kids read. I don't think it really matters that my kids were early readers. Yes, my kids are both very bright, but they're not any smarter than their counterparts who showed up to kindergarten not yet reading.
I guess my point is, bright kids are bright kids regardless of how early they master different educational benchmarks. People were impressed that my two year old could count to 100, what they didn't know is that for his time outs, I had him use the Chutes and Ladders board to count and when he was done he could get up. He just happened to be exposed to it. Kids will master anything repetitive.
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