Mason's Reading Progression from ages 1-3

With each child we have modified and streamlined our approach to reading. Although we are early in the process with our youngest. I thought it might help to give a sample of the progress we saw with my second child who is now 6.

Here he is at 22 months. At this point he was just recognizing letters and knew their sounds:

Before 2 we used a computer based program called "Little Reader", Preschool Prep Company DVDs, Leap frog's "The letter factory" and "Talking word factory", Readingbear.org and Starfall.com.

At 2 we started readingeggs.com.

Here he is at 24 months sounding out words on Starfall.com:

At 2.5 we started "The ordinary parent's guide to teaching reading". This has been my go to for scripted reading lessons with both of my older children. Although they have both been reading fluently long before I got to the end of the book.

Here he is at 2 years 9 months:

And right around 3 we discovered the Peter and Jane books, which I have found are amazing. They are a series of books using the most common English words. They introduce the words one at a time, and the books are only composed of words that have been taught. 

Here is 3 years 2 months:

Then just a few months later his reading had progressed significantly. Here he is reading book 7 in the Peter and Jane series:

At this point (age 3.75) he was an almost fluent reader. He was able to pick up his older brother's copy of the Wizard of Oz and start to read it as seen on this video. At this point I stopped recording his reading progression.

Now at age 6 he reads anything he can get his hands on, from high school biology texts to Harry Potter.