So here is another view. My little one also seemed really ready. I did bribe her with one book with giving her stars. That book still requires stars if she reads it...but all the others do not and it got her over a hump. I feel lost trying to work with this kid because I hear so much well she is so young. In a way when I hear that I feel so discredited. Yes she is young and doing things that others are not AND there are feelings there that I needed to address that were relevant even though she was so YOUNG. There was something for her about knowing the alphabet and sounds and etc. but not doing it. WOW a few stars later and she is a happy camper, choosing by herself to read to me three books every night. Easy books for sure. She reads beyond her eye strength and we have to gently change the subject. I also expect her to drop it and pick up something else for awhile and then return to it... up down back and around... I get really nervous because I have no idea how to teach anything... I kind of was hoping that the schools would do it since that is what they are suppose to do. I also believed that they knew how. With these youngsters who want it young.... I am not sure anyone knows how yet. I mean the internet has saved my sanity in realizing how un-alone I am. Reading this forum and getting ideas...Its not like there is a shelf load of books out there on how to teach two, three, or four year olds to read. So bribery worked here coupled with WE READ Together which someone from this board told me about and giving up on doing it some prescribed way. (I am a whole language reader and wanted phonics for her...she learns whole words and goes.) I guess that has been the key..Giving up on some prescribed way and trusting your gut as best you can. If your asking your not going to mess it up. I don't think parents who really push their kids into hating how to read asked.
