My daughter learned to &quot;read&quot; at 18 months. This was done by putting cards with words next to the things they described all around the house (a card written with &quot;BUCKET&quot; was put next to an actual bucket) for weeks, pointing them out and explaining them through the days. Then occasionally collecting them up and spreading them out on the floor to play a game &quot;Emi, go bring me the bucket card&quot;. After six months she was reading billboards along the highway.<p>The key idea though was that it was always just a game, never a chore. We&#x27;d put the cards back BEFORE she got bored of them.<p>She could read a 400+ page novel in a day at age 11. I can&#x27;t even come close to that.