Books have been a major part of our child’s life since her first week of life. We have read her several books a day from the time she was a wee little thing. I believe that habit has been one of the reasons she has become such a strong reader. Being a homeschooler, books have a particularly prominent place in our daily lives. Tahra started reading at 2.5 years old and currently, at 4.5 years old, she is easily reading at 2nd to 3rd-grade level.  We have never done a flash card, reading drill or forced her in any way, trusting, instead, that a lifelong habit of reading every night (and many...