While I obviously supported my DD in learning letters and sounds and by reading to her, I truly did not instruct her in reading. Other than a few readings of the BOB books at 3ish, I truly did not do any of the kind of explicit teaching that, for instance, is covered in various "How to teach your kid to read" things I've seen here and there. I've had other people ask me "When she learned to read, did she..." and I'm just like, uh, I dunno, man. She couldn't read and then she could. So I believe in the seemingly spontaneous business.