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Hyperlexia

Yes ds2 taught himself, as did I at the same age.

DS2 got the beginnings of reading because all the chairs at Nursery were labelled with each child's name.

He was almost three when we were out one day and he excitedly pointed at a shopfront that said "Davidson" and said "Look! David's chair!"

I was a bit shocked. He isn't quite a genius but he's pretty bright and has always been "wordy", is now studying a wordy subject at Uni (and super proud Mum) even better has a wordy-type graduate trainee job to start in September!

I was a bit shocked. He isn't quite a genius but he's pretty bright and has always been "wordy", is now studying a wordy subject at Uni (and super proud Mum) even better has a wordy-type graduate trainee job to start in September!

well he is a bit of a clever boy

Yes, apparently, because I did!

I could 'read' a book called 'Ann and the canary' before I learnt to read.

I think it was because I loved it so much, I'd memorised the words that went with the illustrations on each page.

DM was convinced I was gifted

I learned before I was 2 according to my aunty and dd certainly could identify letters by 18 months and read simple books [Topsy and Tim] by 2.6. She apparently learned initially by her brother showing her the alphabet pictures on their pyjamas in the mornings. Later I used flash cards with her 'makig trains' ie sentences by putting word cards together in a line on the floor.
Ds was over 3 when he learned but was fluent by 4.6.

No genii here just very normal dc who went to uni,got decent jobs and are raising families.

DS could read fluently by the age of three.

I know this because he looked over my shoulder while I was writing a ranty email to my mum about how he was being a pain in the bum. He looked at me and asked 'Mummy, why do you think I am a pain in the buttocks?'

He does have an ASD though and an incredible visual memory. (A memory fo waht he was sent to do 1 second ago - not so much!)

I did when I was 3.
I started shouting out words from the newspaper headlines

To be fair, my mum was teaching my older brother and I must have listened.

Did not grow up a genius.

Does she watch Alphablocks?

Aye, DD at 3.9 is a pretty fluent reader. I did do lower-case letter sounds with her but hen she did upper case letters, letter names and reading on her own.

She just likes letters and words.

I taught myself to read. One of my earliest memories is of me correcting the spelling on the books my mum (a primary school teacher) was marking. I must have been three or four. And I've been a smartarse ever since

DS could also read before he started school. He was always pointig at words on posters when we were out and about and asking what they said - (resulting in some very embarrassing moments in the doctors surgery.

He could spell and write too - I remember in nursery class at school, they used to get him to stand at the front and write answers on the white board as the other children called them out to stop him getting bored.

Some children just seem to 'get it'' and some take a lot longer. I have spent 6 years listening to infants read at school each week on a 1:1 basis so have seen very varied levels of ability.

I taught myself to read with a Peter and Jane book when I was 3. I could read the newspaper to my parents when I was 4. I'm no genius, but I'm not a dafty either Someone, probably my bossy Aunty, told my Mum that she shouldn't teach me to read before I started school so I think I was frustrated. I am also an only child so I had plenty of quiet time to sit around reading.

I was another one was reading by three without being formally taught - when I started school they were startled to have to raid the junior school for books at my reading level for me.

Sorry to say that I am not in any way a genius and as an adult am entirely average in every way

I was reading Peter and Jane books before I was two. Adult reading age by the end of infants. It appears to be sight words/ whole word recognition. I'm very good at pattern recognition. I read very fast, and cannot read aloud without extreme effort.
I'm not autistic, but my son is. I think this is one of the traits.

Before you were 2? That's insane! What did your mum think about that?

That I was a genius. God love her. I'm a professional disappointment

Can't do laughs symbol, I'm on my phone...

My LO was reading at 18months and new her numbers up to 50! She has Autism and is a little genius.

I am proof that a) children can teach themselves to read before school age, and
b) it doesn't mean they will necessarily be advanced in other
areas. I was/am grim with anything number/science/foreign
languages, based.

Ds1 learnt to read by himself at 3.

He may have aspergers/nvld.

DS2 is 3.10 and can read a few words (cat, dog, type thing) They don't do phonics at his preschool and I haven't taught him at all but I think he has picked it up from watching/listening to DS1.

OTOH DS1 could write his name before starting school, and draw complicated pictures. DS2 can't draw anything beyond a scrawl and won't even attempt to write any letters!

My youngest dd taught herself before school. At 2 she knew all letters and could read family names, mammy, daddy ,cat, dog etc. At 3 she was reading books, signs, menus, and recipes without help.

She wasn't taught at all but watched a lot of Super Why--