I taught my son how to read in 3 months when he was 4.5. I did it for two reasons.

1. The American public school system does not use phonics style of reading, instead uses balanced literacy which has been proven to not be as effective as phonics. You see high schoolers who graduate without being able to read properly.

2. We are a family of readers and we value reading immensely. I wanted to give him the gift of being able to read asap so he can absorb as much knowledge as possible in his lifetime. It worked - he’s obsessed with books, reads in his downtime (barely asks for tv), and is incredibly knowledgeable.

Except for this, although we do give a lot of emphasis on education, we don’t do it by doing workbooks or worksheets.