6 weeks before my son turned 4, I read a post here recommending the book 'Teach your child to read in 100 easy lessons'.

Since three months after his 4th birthday, he's been an avid reader, which has unlocked opportunities for joy/entertainment and for curiosity/learning.

Reading has also increased his spoken vocabulary. I know because a couple of times I've heard him use a word correctly but pronounce it incorrectly.

made an account just to add to this. I did this workbook with my son the summer between K and 1st. every night we did a single lesson and his teachers were flabbergasted as he breezed through the spelling and reading curriculum for the entire year in the first month. the rest of the year he was allowed to choose books from the library while the others did assigned readings and he’s reading somewhere between 3rd and 4th grade level without any additional “study.”

the book provides a literal script for the parent to read, like inline code comments, which took a lot of the overhead out of it on my side. heart melting hearing him say his favorite gift/summer memory was “my dad teaching me to read!”