We were relaxed homeschoolers and I provided very little explicit reading instruction to either of my kids. My daughter played on a website similar to Reading Eggs starting when she was five, and that was all the instruction she got. My daughter's VCI on the WISC was 166. She did not start to read until she was 7, between 1st and 2nd grade. She also took off quickly and now reads and comprehends on a very advanced level, DYS scores on Reading and English section of the Explore. She always loved books and before she was reading on her own, I read to her a lot and she also listened to tons and tons of audio books.
