My wife love books, and is a qualified primary teacher. She said she wouldn't ever try to "teach" a young child how to read, but she has always read A LOT of books to our daughter. In turn, our daughter would always bring you books, wanting to be read to. This seems to have taken a bit of a back seat since she developed her obsession with Peppa bloody Pig, but she still loves books, and will memorise the words to them, so she'll recite them as you go along. Obviously this isn't reading, but it has to be a good start. Daughter is now 2.5, so obviously not reading yet, but I do hope her interest in books continues. Not because I care at all about her acheivement in the first few years of school*, but because I love the fact she enjoys stories so much. *Obviously I don't want her to find it really hard, and struggle, but I can put my hand on my heart and say I couldn't care less if shes not one of the top of the class.