My recently turned 3-year-old has a skill that I am not so sure what to think about.
She can read words spelled out to her orally at about a second grade level, maybe higher. Um, I guess in the past week she has started to read novel 6-letter words in this manner regularly. She has read bigger words as well. She can even do short sentences. She can read hundreds of words spelled out to her.
I wish I knew how she was doing it. I know she is not just memorizing, because she is reading completely novel words the first time they come up. But, I am not so sure she is actually sounding out the words in her head either, even though she does know how to read pretty well.
I don't think it is that easy of a skill because I tried some words on a couple of 6-year-olds who were emerging readers, like DD, and they could not figure it out. My DD could decode them instantly.
I am thinking that her brain is wired for this. What do you think? Do words spelled out just sound like the actual words to some people? Any other kids out there like this?
She is at least twice as good at this than actual reading. She cannot spell, and she cannot write.
