Gifted Issues Discussion homepage Forums General Discussion When did your child start to read independently?

DS8 was always very independent about his play and everything, so he was "reading" independently even before he could read -- he played with my books from the bookcases he could reach, and along the way he learned to read them. He read the numbers (page #s and chapter #s and any other #s in books) first, from about 18 months, and by 2 1/2 to 3 he was reading everything. Of course, understanding most of it came along later.