—No,    I am looking for is something much bigger and stronger.

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    Learning to read early has become one of those indicators — in parents' minds at least – that their child is smart. In fact, reading early has very little to do with whether a child is successful academically. Research has shown that difficulty with reading is often due not to inferior intelligence but to differences in the developmental wiring of each individual child. In some cases, there are neurological problems and developmental lags that can be overcome with proper training.

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    Traditionally, American schools teach children at age six, but many schools begin teaching informally in kindergarten and pre-kindergarten. If parents start too early to encourage reading, and a child does not immediately succeed, the parent has a hard time relaxing and letting the child go at his or her own pace.

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    Over the years, research has proved that the use of both the “whole language" method and the "phonic" method works best for a child to master reading. While the whole language approach, which includes reading to children and getting them interested in both the activity of reading and the story they are reading, is helpful, phonics must be taught. Children must be taught that one of the squiggles they see is a "p" and another a "b". Getting the print off the page requires a different ability than being able to understand the meaning of what is written.

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    You can start developing the skills needed in reading at a very young age without putting any pressure on children. Besides reading to them, parents can start "ear training" their child by playing thyme games. This develops the child's ability to recognize different sounds. In reading to children, parents also can point to words as they go, teaching the child that the funny lines on the page are the words you are saying. All this should be a fun activity.

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    Once a child is in school, the learning of reading is inevitably more serious. For children who have some kind of reading difficulty, you must get a professional diagnosis. While the teacher might say the child is merely disinterested but will get over it, disinterest or poor performance in reading can stem from a number of things, some being very specific learning disabilities that can be identified and worked on. But it is very tricky for parents to deal with their own child's learning disabilities.

     Lightning flashed through the darkness over Sibson's bedroom skylight（天窗）.Sibson was shaken by a clap of thunder 1 he knew what was happening. The storm had moved directly 2 his two-story wooden house. Then he heard the smoke alarm beeping.

    Sibson rushed down the stairs barefoot to 3 ; he opened the door to the basement（地下室）, and flames 4 out. Sibson ran back upstairs to call 911 from his bedroom. “I felt 5 because the room had a separate outdoor stairway,” he explains.

    But the phone didn't work, and when he tried to go down the outdoor stairway, he was 6 by a wall of flames. Sibson realized he was trapped（困住）.

    Sibson's house was three kilometers 7 the main road and was so well hidden by trees that he knew calling for help would be 8 .

    Up a hill nearby lived Sibson's neighbor, Huggons. He was lying in bed when something like a smoke alarm 9 his ears. He jumped out of bed, took his 10 and flashlight, and headed down the hillside toward the 11 . That was when he saw the rolling heavy smoke.

    Huggons dialed 911, and the operator warned him not to 12 the house. But Huggons said, “There is no way I am going to listen to Sibson 13 and die in that fire.”

    “Anyone there?” Huggons called out. Then he heard “Help! I'm trapped!” coming from the second floor balcony（阳台）. He entered the house, but soon had to run back to catch his 14 .

    After one more 15 inside the house, Huggons gave up and 16 around back.

    The wind parted the smoke just 17 for him to catch sight of Sibson. But there was no way to get to him. He 18 the flashlight into the woods and noticed a ladder. He took it over to the balcony and 19 Sibson down just as the second floor of the house fell off.

    Sibson is still 20 when he tells the story. “ I was alone that night,” he says. “Then I heard the most beautiful sound in my life. It was Huggons.”