We would read every evening and more with my DS now 10 since birth, and still do. Somewhere around 3 he would point out words he could recognize. This was probably due to the fact we would read the same books over and over (you know one more book.... pleaseeeee). So we would pick out a book from the quick book stack, he loved Snoozers by Sandra Boynton.

It just snowballed after that. He would read everything. Cereal boxes, nutritional information on everything, warning labels on everything. Then we put him in a daycare much like Vals. He loved it, especially the math. But reading was his claim.

The one funny look I can remember well. We were at a pool party and my son was reading the label attached to the a floatation device he was holding on to. We got the strangest looks from all the parents sitting around the pool wading their feet. I just shrugged. "Kids".