To the editor: Are you kidding me (“Parents, chill: Why you don’t need to teach your 3-year-old to read,” June 24)? My son, although admittedly precocious, was uncovered to phonics, diphthongs, numbers and entire phrases earlier than he was 1 12 months previous. These diphthong flip books saved him occupied for hours. He was reciting the alphabet backwards by the point he was a 12 months and a half previous and was in a position to learn street indicators as nicely.
I talked and sang to him all through my being pregnant and I actually imagine that was an excellent head begin. I turned all the things right into a studying expertise and he was in a position to take pleasure in extra of his life and talk his wants much better than his friends.
Heck, he was besting me at backgammon at 3 years previous! So why wait to start out studying? That’s a waste of three years when a toddler’s life can — and ought to be — extra fulfilling, and your personal life will be simpler and full of extra surprise than you’ll be able to think about.
Sheila Winston, West Hills
