How old were you when you learned to read?

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I can't remember not being able to read.

About 3. By the time I entered grade school, my reading skills were at roughly twice my grade level.

I somehow learned to read when I was 5, not sure how really but I know I was reading and comprehending what I was reading at the age of five.

My mother taught me how to read before I started school. I don't remember how old I was, but I was probably about 6. My mother had told me that when I came home from school, I was very disappointed that we had only learned to read one word: "orange." She told me that the other kids were still learning how to read, which is why they were being taught one word at at time. She asked if I would feel better if I read her a book and I said yes. Of course, we didn't know about Asperger's at the time; I wasn't diagnosed until adulthood, so I don't know if the two are related. But I was always in the top reading groups at school. One of my favorites was Cinderella. I also liked the Sweet Pickles series (child of the '80s over here! ) as well.

I don't remember exactly, and neither do my parents. We do know, however, that I was reading novels in grade primary--which is also right around the time I learned how to talk again.

I began to read some words as early as 2 or 3... My Grandma would take me out for a ride in the car, and I would get a piece of candy for every sign I could read on buildings, trucks, etc. By the time I started Kindergarten at age 5, I was reading short sentences from some sort of a textbook which the schools used for skills assessment at the time. By 5th or 6th grade, I was reading electronics technical manuals, engineering magazines, and materials like that, as electronics became my first "Aspie" special interest. Reading, writing, and grammar in general, were my best skills all through school, and may still be.

Charles

I was reading Dr. Seuss-level books by age 3, chapter books (like The Boxcar Children) by age 5 and I first picked up The Hobbit (and loved it!) at age 10. From the first time I picked up a book, it was impossible to get me to put it down, and I'm still the same way!

I was 6 and in Kindergarten. My parents told me that I learned to read very quickly, which I actually remember being true because in our reading groups in grade 1, I was in the highest level. Also, we used to read books called "Sunshine Books", which were easy books that kids in Kindergarten-Grade 2 read. They had coloured stickers on them. Red was the easiest level, yellow was the second easiest, the green sticker books were the second hardest and the blue sticker books were the hardest. At least, I think that's how it went. I was reading the green sticker books in grade 1. If I picked up a book that looked interesting, but was too easy for me, the teacher would get upset. She did this my friend too.

I was speaking in complete (four or five word) sentences by the age of twenty months, albeit with the mispronounciations common to early speakers, and my mother started teaching me how to read at about age 2 1/2. I was consistently reading at a higher level than my peers in school, and I was reading at 11th grade level while I was in fourth grade. I was formally tested, so that's how I know this. When I was in the sixth grade and competing in a school district spelling bee, only one other student gave me any competition at all, and I finally emerged victorious. When I took a mathematics aptitude speed test in the tenth grade, I received the highest score in my school (tenth to twelfth grades), mainly because I could see beyond how numbers worked. I could see WHY they worked, which allowed me to solve many problems in my head much more quickly than other students could solve them on paper. I could have done much better in school had I been interested, but I have always been an underachiever in addition to all of the other problems I have had. - LJS

At least 4. I can't remember a time when I couldn't read and my earliest memories are from around 3-4 so sometime then. Incidentally, when I was in 1st grade I was already reading at a 7 grade level and by 5th grade I was reading at a college level. Despite that, I was never put into advanced courses in school. God bless the public education system.

I was 4 years old, around the time I started Kindergarten.

I remember learning to read at age 6 but when I was eight I learned to read for real. But mom said she was the one who taught me how to read but I remember learning it in school. But it was rote reading then and I struggled reading new words but when I was eight I learned to read for real. Once I was forced to read everything when I started normel ed, I caught on fast. Plus mom made me read books. You pretty much had to read in normal ed so it made me read. But my reading comprehension was bad. I needed pictures to understand.

At age nine, I started to read chapter books. I even finished at least three chapter books in one night after I started to read them. I don't mean three chapter books in one night, I mean one each. But it took me a few hours.

I don't know, but I remember being much more well read than most kids my age at about age 5. My parents had a huge encyclopedia set that I always had my nose in.

I learned to read when I was two, and my mother figured it out when I was three.

I could pick out simple words at 2 but really learned how to read around 3 years of age. The thing is that I can't read novels though and still can't. My reading comprehension is very low. Even as an adult I struggle and just don't read fictional novels. Books about psychology or current events I understand perfectly and even taught others about especially the psychology. I understand all that goes on in my body. That and current events are my special interests. I don't remember what reading group I was in. I don't think i was in the higher reading group due to the lack of actual comprehension. Once things get complex its hard to understand. As an adult I also my reading skills has been deteriorating and I don't know why. I actually appear more dyslexic now than hyperlexic. I constantly reverse things and can't figure out simple words at times. When I was young I was able to "read" medical books. I love diagnosing my brother with various things just to annoy him. There is a condition called Anencephaly. This means being born without a brain. Sometimes parts of your skull is missing as well and no one lives. I say most do live because we all deal with people with no brains. Sometimes i say I have no brain! Its just part of being human. My vocabulary is also very limited. I am 28 if you can believe it! I write like a grade schooler.