>I don't either. I hesitate to say, but I guess I should - whatever method was popular around the very early 1950s. Actually I think I was reading (probably at a fairly primitive level) at home before I ever started school. When I really think back, both my parents were avid readers, and I think maybe the method under which I learned was called 'osmosis'. ;)

So you didn't learn by sounding out letters? Wow, I always thought that had always been the standard.