I did bedtime reading when they were younger. I started with pointing at the words but stopped because they would brush my hand away as I was blocking them. :P
Ds8 started reading Bob books when he was 2.5yrs old. He went on to read Clifford The big Red Dog and Dr Seuss . His favourite "I can read" series was Amelia Bedelia! We read and re-read them so many times! He moved on to Magic Treehouse series when he was 4yo. Another series he loved was Sideway stories from Wayside school. Hilarious! I have not figured out how he learned to read. It just happened. I remembered when he was in KA, he drew a pic and wrote "Mr. Lewis is in spase". I was told by he teacher that he self-corrected his spelling and canceled out the "s" & replaced with a "c" because "It didn't look right". He was not taught phonics at all but when he was in grade one, he could spell words like "encyclopedia" phonetically.
I should continue to read to them daily....
Somehow the ritual stops as they get older.
