<p>Numbers and signs at 18 months-ish (if my parents are to be belived I read house numbers signs in the airport at 18 months). I know I learned to read music when I was 2. Weird thing was I didn’t really speak in complete sentences until I was 4. Apparently my first complete sentence came when my teacher thought I was mentally deficient because I didn’t speak or ask questions when she told my parents and they talked to me I told my parents “I already know the alphabet why would I ask about things I know?”</p>
<p>wow, your childhood seems like it was documented scrupulously. I guess you * can * read numbers and signs, though I was thinking more along the lines of letters.</p>
<p>^ It seems as if it’s documented scrupulously because I don’t remember being that young and hence I only know the stories I’ve been told by proud grandparents and the like. As for reading books and such I honestly can’t remember…</p>
<p>^ isn’t that the case for many people? I think it kind of seemed that way to me because of how you wrote it. but don’t worry, the childhoods of future generations will certainly be documented more scrupulously than any of ours (if the world still exists then).</p>
<p>I couldn’t really understand what I was reading until the 2nd grade… I was very stupid until then. But when I was in 3rd grade, I was reading at a 9th grade reading level already. I learned verrry quickly, lol. I was seriously dumb as a rock until 2nd grade though, I remember even having to go to summer school back then… But in the 3rd grade, I had the most reading points of any kid in my class. I read almost anything, though in 4th grade I got almost through with Pride and Prejudice, but it was too boring so I stopped. Only book I’ve ever done that with. So yeah, by the 2nd grade, I’d say. Boy was I dumb back then… But the next year, well, that changed.</p>
<p>"^^, omg, you started reading before you were even forming long-term memories. SO lucky. And horsey was already forming them at age 2! (unless someone told her she read at age 2, in which case I would have a fair amount of suspicions). I actually started reading maybe at the age of 6. So I do read. But it’s probably qualitatively different than your reading."</p>
<p>I’m trying to figure out if this is condescending sarcasm, or genuine. </p>
<p>Either way, I know when I began reading, whether I recall the exact moment or not. I’m sure that many others could say the same thing about many childhood milestones.</p>
<p>According to my mom, I knew the alphabet when I was one.</p>
<p>I don’t know. Early? Lol. Apparently I was at a 2nd grade reading level in kindergarten; my best friend and I were the only ones allowed to pick out chapter books when we went to the library XD.</p>
<p>it was genuine. I can’t see how anyone could be condescending about such an auspicious achievement.</p>
<p>Pretty young, but I didn’t start becoming an avid reader until 4th grade. Before then, it was lame Junie B. Jones and stuff like that. I had more fun making makeshift tents from tablecloths than reading at a young age.</p>