<div dir="ltr">Likewise I was reading Arabic (just phonetically) and a little of English at around three then but I don't think starting age matters as much how good you get at reading eventually.<div><br></div><div>My only worry with not having them read at five or six is that they might fall behind other kids and that'll have a bad effect on their confidence while learning with others.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Our 18 month old appears to be enjoying equally: watching videos of trains on youtube (he's mastered the UI on an IPad), drawing all over the walls with crayons, trying to repeat after us as we read things to him and running around in circles in the park laughing hysterically with other kids. So (so far at least) it hasn't been an either-or decision in terms of learning to read/write/computer vs. playing around and socialising.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Things will obviously be different when he actually goes to school and we have less control of what he spends his time on, so I'm not sure how that's going to go.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 12:25 PM, Sasha Gerrand <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chat-lists.lrug.org@sgerrand.com" target="_blank">chat-lists.lrug.org@sgerrand.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">I started reading at age 3.</p><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
<p dir="ltr">- Sasha</p></font></span><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">
<div class="gmail_quote">On 11 Jun 2014 12:22, "Hakan Ensari" <<a href="mailto:me@hakanensari.com" target="_blank">me@hakanensari.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">This is off-topic, but do you want to teach your monster to read at age FOUR? Do you even want them to sit in front of a computer screen at that age?<div><br></div><div>My son is in pre-school (Lauriston, anyone?), and we're having to deal with the immense absurdity of an public educational system that thinks it's priority to teach five-year-olds to read and write rather than have them play, make things with their hands, socialise and generally get settled.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Sorry for flaming. Consider it customer feedback, assuming your real customers are the parents who are freaking out why their kids are not liking phonics and have yet to make the leap to a Steiner school or some other private refuge.</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 11 June 2014 09:45, Antonio <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:antonio@teachyourmonstertoread.com" target="_blank">antonio@teachyourmonstertoread.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi everyone,<div><br></div><div><div>We have developed a product called Teach Your Monster to Read, a BAFTA-nominated educational game which helps 4-6 year olds practise the key first stages of reading. </div>
</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://teachyourmonstertoread.com" target="_blank">http://teachyourmonstertoread.com</a></div><div><br></div><div>It's a free game, and has been funded by a literacy charity founded by Peter Usborne (of Usborne Publishing). <br>
</div><div><br></div><div>We're growing year on year, and we need some support in keeping our Rails-based server side component up and running as we scale up. </div><div><br></div><div>I'm looking for a small company or team that has some specialism in supporting sites in this way.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I've put further details in this Google Doc. If you're interested, see my contact details at the bottom of the document (please do this rather than reply to all obviously!)</div><div><br></div>
<div><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Jh_PMIb8geFtQbTpn1GrD5oA8g3phRgTzqTIKDlpTTE/edit#" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Jh_PMIb8geFtQbTpn1GrD5oA8g3phRgTzqTIKDlpTTE/edit#</a></div><div><br>
</div><div>All the best,</div>
<div><br></div><div>Antonio<span><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br>Antonio Gould<div>Producer: Teach Your Monster to Read</div><div><a href="http://teachyourmonstertoread.com" target="_blank">http://teachyourmonstertoread.com</a></div>
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