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It is actually pretty simple. As has been said above, spend time with the child. My wife and I made a conscious decision for her to stay at home with the kids until they are both in 1st grade. My oldest has a fairly severe learning disability. Not only has he received special schooling (through the school system) since he was 3, my wife has been able to work very closely with him. She has her Elementary Ed. degree and is about to have her Master's in reading. He not only can read, but he can add and subtract 2 digit numbers in his head. Not to say it was easy (it was not). She just kept after him and kept after him until something mentally clicked. I'm a big computer gaming person, and he can watch me play and when I come back he has usually done better than I have. I think too much importance is placed on a child's outside activities. A child having fun is great but placing them on a schedule that an adult would have is just too much. I spent my summers with friends just hanging outside. Now kids are playing 3 sports at age 6. We just put my 4 year old in T-ball. His coach called last night and said that his team had been together for a year (WTF? 3 year olds playing t-ball?) and that our son would be one of 2 or 3 new ones.
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