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I'm astounded that the author's 2-year old son is not only reading, but typing. Is this not outrageously young to be capable of reading, writing, and typography? I thought age 6 is the standard age at which children start reading, but perhaps this has changed with so much socialization happening online now


My three year old could log into her user account on the computers. She was a month shy of 4. It was the first letters of her name. She could also click on her name. And get into Minecraft from there. I thought it was pretty early for the feat.

She is well into 4 now, still can't really "read" yet but she can identify surprising individual words. Plays Minecraft as well as her older siblings for the most part. Still a favorite.


According to some parenting sites, "But before their third birthday, most 2-year-olds are able to put three-word sentences together."

So yeah, I call BS on that one.


Might just be a very early learner. Although 2 is very young I think.


I learned to read at 2, if my mother is to be believed.




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