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Thanks aeh, puffin.

One reason I asked it was - a few days ago, another parent saw her reading flash cards of US Presidents and reading names like Martin Van Buren and James Knox Polk quite effortlessly and identifying them with no mistake. (While she actually narrates them from memory). Their immediate reaction - "Is it really necessary to teach them all this so early? Wouldn't teaching them CAT, MAT, BAT be enough." Their daughter is per them being taught to read CAT, MAT, BAT.

DD tends to remember stuff with no repetition. Going into any kind of regimen based learning frustrates her and she wants to be on her own accord.

It's hard to explain to them that we don't really "teach" her much. And while we knew it was hard to explain them the complexities of her thinking and why we would just let her read and remember the way she does, it was just that little parental inkling - "could we really be doing it any better". :-)