[rutthenut]

>> We were told it was better to let the teachers teach otherwise kids learn bad habits or don’t engage.

That sounds like very dubious advice to me, even if given with best intentions.

Surely if parents read books to their kids, with their kids, then it is a natural step for the kids to start learning the words and word sounds by reading too?

[nice2meetu]

Reading back what I wrote, yes, we never took this as a warning not to let them learn at all! I think the intention was more that there is less incentive to actively push or pressure kids in to reading before school, and that actively trying to teach them one methodology might even conflict with the method they end up being taught in school. That parents try to "get their kids ready for school" by getting them to read before starting, and that doing so is unnecessary. That is how we took it.

[DwnVoteHoneyPot]

> actively trying to teach them one methodology might even conflict with the method they end up being taught in school

That's what happened with me. My teacher would give me zero on a math question if use the methodology my dad taught me.

[siftrics]

How could anyone take the advice "don't teach your kids" seriously? Are you insane? It makes no sense on any level.

How does NOT teaching your kid to read help them? It's as if people don't have brains anymore.

[batch12]

Yeah, I think every person is different. My first kid learned to read himself from watching educational material and using a computer. He knew the alphabet before anyone could really understand his words. His siblings needed someone to walk them through the concepts.