1 Michele; You don't get it? It's called television. Much easier on parents than actually interacting with their kids for 45 minutes each day. ( I mean, if they really were concerned - 45 minutes? Sheesh.) Be proud of yourelf for what you've done/are doing for your son. It's the gift of reading that makes everything else possible.

2 Congrats! I hope my boys can read as well as yours. Yep, my boys look forward to going to the library every week. It amazes one of my friends who boys have trouble reading. They never read to them, nor do they read themselves. Seems easy enough to me to understand the problem. You are doing a great job and I'm glad you are proud!

3 L & D beat me to it. T frickin' V. The nanny of now. Congrats on your son! Be proud!

4 L&D and T1G have it right, alas. We had TV, but I also had a Dad who read to me, from the comics to more substantive fare. Mom did too, but I preferred Dad for the comics as he did better voices. This is fantastic, and I am so happy for, and proud of, your Son. You both rock.

5 I don't think my parents read to me, but there were a LOT of books in the house. I picked it up pretty fast because I desperately wanted to know what the books said.

6 Congratulations to your son! My sister is just like you and your interactions with your son, her daughter is bright, loves to read and is very interested in learning everything. Contrast that with my cousins kids, whom get almost no interaction like that with their parents and the parents wonder why the kids are not at a level they should be at.

7 Hey! Congrats! I, in fact, do remember my kindergarten graduation. Well, okay, not the actual ceremony itself. The gift afterwards. It was a plastic glow-in-the-dark Jesus! (Obviously, I went to Catholic school K- My brothers and I had a bit of fun holding it in the sunlight and then taking it into the closet to watch it glow. Yahoo! On a more serious note, as one who has been involved in teaching/training for my whole adult professional life I can tell you it is sometimes easy to spot those individuals who watched a lot, and I mean A LOT, of television when they were younger. I do believe that it does not just affect their reading; but also their ability to interact with others. People skills are best learned at a young age. Here's what I mean. When I am in front of a class explaining something there will be many faces that I can see a reaction on. These individuals will be nodding their heads as they seem to understand what I am saying, or maybe they are frowning if they don't understand. But there is some reaction. Then they are others whom, I believe, watched TOO much television when they were in their 'formative' years. There is NO reaction to anything I am saying. It doesn't matter if they completely understand or understand nothing that I am explaining. There is just a DULL VACANT STARE as if they are hypnotized or on drugs. They cannot be on drugs, can they? Can half my adult classes in the corporate environment really be spacing out from dope? Nope, it has got to be from television. As they watched too much television they did NOT have to interact with it. So, reading to your child AND talking about the reading is very good! Best of luck as your son enters the first grade!

8 I too have a hyperlexic child. Dash is 3 and is reading. People ask me what I did too. I answer just like you do. "We read every night". I get the same response as you. I am amazed at the amount of people who do not read nighlt to their children. It is a simple and easy, inexpensive ritual. It is nurturing and caring. I will add here, that my 20 month old, does not like the reading as much as Dash did at her age. She likes her dolls, dressing up, seems as if she is intereested in different social play. Different talents different children....same house.