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admittedly precocious, was uncovered to phonics, diphthongs, numbers and entire phrases earlier than he was 1 yr outdated. These diphthong flip books saved him occupied for hours. He was reciting the alphabet backwards by the point he was a yr and a half outdated and was capable of learn highway indicators as effectively.
I talked and sang to him all through my being pregnant and I actually consider that was an excellent head begin. I turned all the pieces right into a studying expertise and he was capable of get pleasure from extra of his life and talk his wants much better than his friends.
Heck, he was besting me at backgammon at 3 years outdated! So why wait to start out studying? That’s a waste of three years when a baby’s life can — and needs to be — extra fulfilling, and your personal life may be simpler and stuffed with extra surprise than you possibly can think about.
Sheila Winston, West Hills
