OK, so today i spent some time with Marianne and the letter "m", just drawing it with crayon and letting her scribble over it whilst saying "mmmmmmmmm" and letting her copy me, then telling her all the words I could think of beginning with m and letting her watch me write some of them down, spelling them out. She seemed interested all the way though, and by the end was pointing at the letter and saying "mmmmmm" (although I didn't test what she did if pointing at a different letter, so I'm not exactly getting excited, although at least she realises that scribbles on paper mean something) She loves books, and likes to pretend to read the guardian, so I reckon its time to start introducing these basic ideas, both me and nick were reading at the age of 2, and shes one and a couple of months now, so surely shes ready? I'm just a bit worried because my friend is an actual primary school teacher and she said that it's too early and that she didn't even enjoy reading as a child, which seems odd to me, but then i am probably a little bit odd where reading is concerned as I'm an english student.
Anyway, my question is, were you old enough to remember learning to read and did you find it fun? I don't remember not being able to read at all and its been nothing but a benefit to me throughout my life, but I remember some people not being confident readers even in high school, and some adults can't follow a broadsheet article, so, surely as long as I make sure not to put any pressure on, reading early can only be a good thing, can't it?
I realise I've rambled a bit, sorry