17-month-old girl from TEXAS knows how to read

[Julian Delphiki]

Originally posted by VetLegion
Wow, impressive little girl. BTW, what is the usual age at which kids learn to read? Three? This would then be cutting it almost in half, right?

Probably the most common age when learning to read in Finland is around 6-7, on a first grade. Then there are those who already learned it before school and those for whom it takes years to get.

[LordShiva]

Originally posted by JulianD
Someone on some other site said exactly the same thing..

WTF is that other site?

[Riesstiu IV]

I-like-little-girls.com

[snoopy369]

In general people learn to read between 5 and 6 in the US (kindergarten). Some certainly learn later or earlier, but the focus in kindergarten is to learn typically about 100 words (more than enough to do what she's doing above) plus develop sounding out ability.

I learned at 2 (probably like 32 months or so I imagine), but my parents were insane

[SlowwHand]

Look at what they had to deal with, you little ankle biter.

[snoopy369]

It took me until I was 5 to learn how to read silently. They spent two years yelling at me to stop reading so loud I read everything I could get my hands on... and reread and reread it, so I'm sure by that point my mother could recite Frog and Toad Together from memory

[Theben]

They must be carpetbaggers...

[OneFootInTheGrave]

I thought it was a 17 year old girl

[Omni Rex Draconis]

I saw the emphasized TEXAS in the title and was impressed that a 17 year old had managed to become literate. Wait? 17 MONTHS old, AND from TEXAS?!

Seriously, that is one amazing kid. Thanks for posting.

[SlowwHand]

You are so redundant it's pathetic. You didn't say one fresh thing. I guess idiot is relative. I guess someone that blindly quotes an idiot is a bigger idiot.

[Swissy]

The use of speech pathologists in early childhood education is now the norm for getting langauge challenged children ready for formal schooling. This child has a perfect set-up, two live-in speech pathologists.

[Wiglaf]

I thought it said 17 year old girl, since Texas has a much dumber population relative to the rest of the US, my mind did it all automatically. Silly me

[SlowwHand]

So evidently you're way below this girl, uh dumb****?

[Wiglaf]

Well, Texas has an average IQ of 100, so it's a good thing she figured it out eventually. Many never do

[DaShi]

Did anyone make a joke about her being a 17 year old poorly educated Texan yet?