You hold up any one of these books and he will tell you the title without hesitation. Many of these books you can stop mid sentence and he will be able to finish it.

Good for both of you. It's amazing how much more my kids know now than I did at their age.

Good. Books now should mean books later.

Awesome, keep at it!

Good, somebody has spent some time reading to him.
My son and daughter read to their kids a lot.
I read to them also. My daughters oldest was read to a whole lot, he is a very good student in school. He helps some of the other kids to understand things in his classroom and his teacher is thankful for that. He is 7.

How old is he, if I may ask?

Little kids like that are like sponges. They absorb everything. One of my grandsons lived with for a while. He went through all of the Star Wars movies over and over. One day I walked through and he was listening to them with the Spanish language turned on instead of the English. Yeah, he remembered the English and was learning the Spanish version. Three years old and knew more Spanish than any of us.

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Originally posted by Black92LX:
You hold up any one of these books and he will tell you the title without hesitation. Many of these books you can stop mid sentence and he will be able to finish it.

My dad claimed that when he would do something similar (I think he skipped a line here or there) and I corrected him, he had me read the book to him instead. I'm told I was reading on my own by the time I was four, and when I was in first grade, I was reading on a sixth grade level. Try it out.

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How old is he, if I may ask?

He is 3.

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Originally posted by Black92LX:
You hold up any one of these books and he will tell you the title without hesitation. Many of these books you can stop mid sentence and he will be able to finish it.

My dad claimed that when he would do something similar (I think he skipped a line here or there) and I corrected him, he had me read the book to him instead. I'm told I was reading on my own by the time I was four, and when I was in first grade, I was reading on a sixth grade level. Try it out.

We'll read him 4-10 books a night. Just depends on how long they are or how long it takes him to start to snooze out.
Some nights I am tired so I will try to skip pages or paragraphs he he pretty much calls me out every time anymore.
He'll just go sit in his reading area by himself looking at the books. He knows some of his letters by sight and can write and recognize his name. I am looking forward to him being able to actually read.

Take this coming from a guy who has spent the better part of two decades educating young kids.

You are doing the single most important thing that can be done for a young mind. Read, read, read.

Good on you!

Mine just turned 5 and and we read every night, we have moved to the classics fairy tales...it's a nice change.

As others have mentioned reading is fundamental and it's a great snuggle time at the end of a hectic day.

I applaud you all for reading to your children.

1 Hippo all alone calls two hippos on the phone.
3 hippos at the door bring along.......must kill Nigerian Ambassador.....

Seriously that is awesome our daughter could "read" whole books before she could read. She is now in 1st grade reading at at almost 5th grade level.

As to the first paragraph. We had this book that I loved called hippos go berserk and I was at a party one night and got to talking about it and all of a sudden like 7 adults started reciting the book with a dead look and monotonous tone. I was sure I just triggered 7 assassinations.

I see some Llama Llama in there. I like me some Llama Llama.

Laying the foundation for all sorts of language, reading & education. Two thumbs up.

together , the 4 y.o. and 5 1/2 y.o. boys ,used to be able to tell me how to get to the school, 4 1/2 miles away , while I was a manny in camas wa.

When my daughter was 3ish (she's now 21), I thought i had a child prodigy. She would "read" word for word, turning the pages correctly, to her favorite Dr. Suess books. Until I figured out she had simply memorized them!!

The love of reading is truly on of the best loves to pass on to children.

Enjoy them-- they grow up so darn fast!!

That's awesome. My wife really created big readers with my boys by taking them to bookstores and letting them look around for what they liked. It is a sure fire way to get him into advanced class in a few years.

Books especially good books are good for the mind and soul. When my son finally learned to read he could not find enough to read to satisfy his desire. Going to the book store is a family thing and enjoyed by all. VI

My daughter (2) is the same way. Either my wife or I wil read to her every day. We know the local librarian on a first name basis.

She gets upset when the book is done and gets put away.

There is a Sesame Street book called -

'There Is a Monster at the End of This Book'

He would love it.

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