My son started reading at 2. Between 2.5 and 3, he could read all the state names and recognize their shapes. The day I picked him up from his second day at a new preschool/daycare, the teacher exclaimed "he can read! You didn't tell me that!" I just laughed and said something like, "yeah, well he just taught himself. We are amazed too." smile

She was just gobsmacked that he was actually reading state names from the book they had (he loved reading license plate too at that age).

I get asked all the time how old he is because of all the signs and other stuff he reads when we are out.

Mom to 2 kiddos - DS 9 with SPD and visual processing issues and DD 6 who is NT