tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20417751.post8559199484902915098..comments2024-01-22T18:22:29.391-08:00Comments on hedera's corner: Learning to Readhederahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01696592301686568456noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20417751.post-2444258558666748192009-10-29T12:03:06.386-07:002009-10-29T12:03:06.386-07:00Brian Eno is a gift to all crossword puzzle constr...Brian Eno is a gift to all crossword puzzle constructors. <br /><br />And, in fact, I did learn to read by looking at the Sports page. Not a bad way to learn.SeattleDanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06985103979828794599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20417751.post-37777605832541934282009-10-29T11:19:02.860-07:002009-10-29T11:19:02.860-07:00I need crossword puzzles, since you ask. They cal...I need crossword puzzles, since you ask. They calm me when I'm upset; I often use them to wind down before going to bed. They force me to exercise my brain. I enjoy them.<br /><br />Sure, most kids can learn to read at 3, given regular attention from an adult. It's also been well demonstrated that any small child who is regularly exposed to two languages from infancy will grow up fluently bilingual, but learning a second language after the age of (I think) around 5-7 is more problematic.hederahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01696592301686568456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20417751.post-25134662327499064032009-10-29T10:57:08.947-07:002009-10-29T10:57:08.947-07:00I think of crossword puzzles the same way I do abo...I think of crossword puzzles the same way I do about dizzyingly complex card games--a skill with literally no other application. Who needs it?<br /><br />I learned to read at age 5 out of self-defense: My parents would punish me if I didn't succeed.<br /><br />I taught my son to read at 3--easiest thing in the world. I think he could have learned even earlier. Foreign language, however, that's a different story. Some people can learn foreign languages like kids who can swim as infants. Others?...well, you know.Curtis Favillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20417751.post-39764851805531069462009-10-29T06:14:56.349-07:002009-10-29T06:14:56.349-07:00I eventually decided "epee" is crossword...I eventually decided "epee" is crossword writer's code for "I am lazy." Especially when the clue, EVERY time, is "Foil."D.B. Echohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01797128570217627410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20417751.post-7396268811829203622009-10-28T13:47:03.021-07:002009-10-28T13:47:03.021-07:00I do a lot of crossword puzzles, and I've noti...I do a lot of crossword puzzles, and I've noticed that certain words go in and out of fashion. "Epee" appears every day because it's useful - all those e's give you a wide range of crosswords to choose from.hederahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01696592301686568456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20417751.post-53033450318615512032009-10-28T12:57:46.515-07:002009-10-28T12:57:46.515-07:00My father would bring home comic books and MAD Mag...My father would bring home comic books and MAD Magazine, and I learned to read from that. Also from the daily crossword answers in the paper, trying to figure out what was a word and what wasn't. (I mean, come on, "EPEE"? That couldn't be a word! But why does it appear every day?)D.B. Echohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01797128570217627410noreply@blogger.com