As a child matures, there are many distractions that are competing for his or her attention that will interfere with learning to read later. The “sensitive time” of a preschooler as Maria Montessori so beautifully described it is the perfect time for learning to read. The internet, video games and social media culture are insidious, influential, time consuming, and not in the best interests of your child’s future. I observe many parents just hook kids up with a device or a kindle for endless cartoons and video games which teaches them that this is what they are to do with their lives, their time and their attention. Screen time has replaced many learning opportunities on many different levels. So please give them this first real spark of success with early reading which can lead to much more educational accomplishment down the road along with their understanding that there is so much more to learn than being hooked up to some tech device. Describe this process to them so that they fully understand, and be part of this important decision.
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