&gt; I thoroughly acquainted him with the alphabet and got him used to the idea of sounding out words with refrigerator magnets. Next, I started showing him flashcards (words plus pictures) arranged into increasingly difficult phonetic groupings, in a systematic order. About the same time, we started watching Your Baby Can Read—I am glad that I was able to put aside my misgivings about the off-putting hype surrounding YBCR and Doman’s method. Both before and after the most intensive “teaching” period, when he was two, I read huge amounts to him, which he liked. After I started teaching him to read, I made a point of always running my finger under the text as I read to him. That sums up our method,<p>I had plastic letters I played with, with my mom. No flashcards I can recall. No video. My mom read to me tons and tons (no finger running though). My favorite stuff more times than anyone can count. Some SF too, although I&#x27;m not sure how early. She bought me comic books but refused to read them for me. Long story short. When I was about six and went to pre-school I remember reading aloud one of my favorite short stories to group of other children.