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Originally Posted by troutman
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The toddler in the strait jacket was most excellent.
As for a 10-month old learning how to read -- it isn't going to happen.
And the kids who "read" Dr. Seuss when they are 2 or 3 years old, they aren't even looking at the words with all those big pictures there. Type out a few pages of The Grinch That Stole Christmas on a blank piece of paper and see how well they read it. The fact that they are being read to often enough and enjoy a book enough to remember the words is about the best thing you can do to get the ball rolling, but they aren't reading yet. But you've guaranteed that they will be, so Mission: Accomplished.
It's like the times tables. I know a tyke who knows that 12 X 12 =144. She doesn't have a clue what 12 X 13 is because the sheet she practiced on and the cards he has end at 12's. She's not doing multiplication in her head, she's reciting rote numbers.