think Jim Trelease addresses the questions about when to start reading very well in his book, "The Reading Handbook." To answer, Trelease asks a question in return. "When did you start talking to your baby?" Of course, the answer to this second question is simple --immediately!

All parents of newborns start talking to their babies in the moments following birth. We don't have to think about this. We just do it. And there is no thought about whether the baby will understand. Talking to a newborn is just something that is natural. Babies simply love to hear the voices of the two most important people in their lives -- Mom & Dad. I did not sit down with Jack from the age of birth and read to him.

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If you just read when your teacher tells you to (e.g. 2 short articles per week in your English class), you are not going to make any progress. At such a rate, even if you learn something one week, you will forget it next week. You need to read, on average,at least a few pages per day. For this, you need to take charge of your learning — get some books and start reading on your own.