[HartleyMBaldwin]

I don’t remember what reading-education method was used in the public schools when my siblings and I were young, because all six of us had learned to read before the start of first grade. My mother taught us, using phonics.

[buwaya]

I taught mine, by reading to them, with no formal program at all. They were all reading well by age 4. Primary texts were the Dr. Seuss books.

[HIDEK6]

My mother taught us, using phonics.

Ditto. I remember being bored in Reading in 1st grade because I already knew how to read.

[ridesthemiles]

HOW ABOUT “FLASH CARDS” FOR MATH?

WE HAD THOSE.