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Originally Posted by Azayzel
Edit: Instead of making a double-post...
I really enjoyed the ideas presented by Dennis, and will keep them in mind when I have children, yet I have to beg to differ on the literacy issue posed in its relation to being read to as a child. The reason I argue this point is that none of my parents or grand-parents read to me while I was growing up, yet I took to reading with a voracious appetite. Even at this time in my life I can confidently state, and know, that my reading skills and vocabulary are well above the average individual's skill level. How did I achieve this? I'm not really too sure other than the fact that I was encouraged to read while I was a teen and I continued to do so throughout my life (you could probably chalk up the lack of cable TV to my interest in reading, 5 or 6 channels just didn't cut it  ).
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My suggestions were made in part based on my own experience. I was read to as a child, and picked up the habit early.
Before you even think about ebook readers for the kid, you need a kid that
wants to read. Too many folks see reading as a chore, to be done because they
have to, and not because it's fun. For them, it's
not fun.
Kids are just like the young of any other species: the earliest learning is mimicking the adults around them. You get kids into desired habits by setting examples for them to follow, and reading
to them is one of the best ways I can think of to get across the idea that reading is fun and something they will want to do, too.
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Dennis