We would read to them before they could actually walk, and taught them to read at very early ages.
This is the way to do it!
We would do the same, and still do. From the moment she was born we started talking (in both languages) and then reading often. We read to her nightly still :)
but is that necessarily the answer? I am not sure, but it worked
Maybe it isn't the answer, but it worked. What is happening now is not working, so perhaps a retrace of steps until we get working again, and then find another path.
Let the beatings begin
:D :D
This is something that one of my brothers would say!