This is a very interesting topic. I have a 2.8yo girl who is very creative artistically and musically. And while she loves to be read to and enacts entire books such as jungle book and rumpelstiltskin, she has shown no interest in reading. She knows all uppercase letters- I don't exactly know how. She also loves to play silly word games like she will say, But, cot, and pat and get quite a giggle when I say ton,ton and ton ( btw the Patton is actually pattern). But like I said she is absolutely not interested in the written word. I am the kind of mom that believes that getting "ready" for kindergarten is absolutely ridiculous. I am also opposed to using flash cards. So I have not even tried to teach her to read. However, we do have tons of art material, musical instruments and puzzles lying around for her to use at her pleasure. So we try to provide a stimulating environment where she can choose. To be honest, my dh tells me that I am too loosey goosey with my parenting. I guess we all do what we know to do.
