So I read to my baby girl since she's 1yo, every day. Today she's 5 and ½ yo. She speaks like an adult, choosing words carefully and accordingly. She's starting to read by herself (we do not teach her purposely), she's able to write anything she wants (her own handwriting). Reading for my child is also a good time for me. I have an opportunity to read amazing Astrid Lindgren stories, I didn't know before. I believe that reading gives her a very important tool for being someone like an engineer, it's imagination.