3-year-old reading

Some books my son loves,

'Peepo,' by Janet and Alan Ahlberg (this is a classic and a book I had as a child)
'Dear Zoo,'
'Walking through the Jungle,' by Julie Lancombe
'Where is Spot?' by Eric Hill
'Who's hiding under the sea?' Julie Tarbett
Anything by Eric Carle

I LOVE to read and devour books myself, so am keen for my son to do the same. He currently has his own library that grows and grows!
 
I LOOVVVEEE kids books. I've ALWAYS been into books... and having a sister 16 years younger than me, I've read a LOT of books to her - even though I don't YET have my own children. It's one of the things I'm MOST looking forward to about being a mother!! (I'm due in October)

One of my favourites is "Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy" - the words have such a rhythm that is SOOOO much fun!! There are a BUNCH of Hairy Maclary books though - go to this webpage: http://www.murphsplace.com/crowe/charlie/hairy-story.html for a bit of a read of one of the stories. SOOOO much fun!!
 
Oh - and I'm teaching English, yesterday I had some new classes... I had a ONE year old in there - who practically screamed the whole time, gave me a headache... but personally, I don't think she's even ready for this class - even though she's "smart" and at one, knows ALL her alphabet, she's just not "mature" enough, you know??? But such is Hong Kong!!
 
Agree with nicolejoy about the HairyMacLarry series! We have as much fun reading the books to our kids as they enjoy listening to them. Books with nice rhythms when read aloud are always a hit, e.g. Brown Bear, Brown Bear; Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, The Moon in My Room (even comes with a night light that the LOs love to press to turn on), Julia Donaldson books, etc.
 
being an early reader myself here is what I have to say. I read early because I wanted to. I read at 3 and surprised my parents, they often read to me but one time my mom had to put off a book reading for a bit so I told her fine I would just read it myself. she said ok read it to me while I...(cook I think) and I did. My parents never pushed me to read, they just encouraged reading by reading to me, and my dad often had dinners to go to so I would go with and I learned many letters/phonics/words from restaurant menus. It hasn't gotten me any farther in life than any of you who learned to read at 4, 5, or 6...I went to a good university for my career, but I am about to start life as a stay at home mom. Kids all learn at their own pace, I didn't learn to ride a bicycle until I was almost 7 (nearly a crime in the suburban midwest) and only then because my friend got hurt and I wanted to get his mom quickly so I rode his bike to go get her.
 
I learnt to read at 4 coz I loved it too. I think that's different from learning to read because your parents push you to... I think parents only need to push it if the kid is BEHIND where he SHOULD be...

When I was 6, I taught my 4 year old brother to read because I thought he wouldn't be allowed to go to school if he couldn't read ;)

My sister on the other hand always LOVED books - but she never "taught herself" or learnt until she was at school already. She caught on really quickly though!!
 
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