My 1st grade teacher, Sister Andreen (all of 20 years old), taught me how to read.  It began with single letters on cards, as well as then combinations such as T-O-M as well as B-A-L-L.  By the end of the year I could read, “See Tom throw the ball”.
Before I was old sufficient to go to school, before I could read, my mother would take me to the Book-Mobile as well as we would pick out books.  She would spend numerous hours reading to me about great adventures, on behalf of a four year old, adventures of a tiger as well as a boy, or a rabbit as well as a fox, as well as numerous more.  I still read about people as well as about animals, as well as numerous other things.  My mother taught me the wonderful world of reading.
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