Daughter now 5, still using Anki every day for languages
“teachers said she definitely has the reading ability of fifth grade"
has been adding cards in many other topics (e.g. immune system, music)
“daughter gets an hour of tablet or cellphone playtime a day if she does her Anki”
wife does Anki with daughter, husband creates and manages decks
does 10 English, 10 Hebrew, and 10 Spanish cards per day
“sometimes it’s a struggle to get her to finish”
less impressive advances in Hebrew and Spanish; author thinks it’s because they don’t speak the languages at home, and because they don’t show her “cool stuff” in those other languages
“A four year old with a 3rd grade reading ability learns about a WHOLE lot more -- it opened up politics for her. She would read our junk mail, and learn who our council member was, who our representative is, the mayor, current events, history, etc. I know it's stupid of me to say, but I underestimated the effect that reading early would have on her breadth of learning.”
Did a lot more math with son.
Stopped doing Anki with daughter (she’s 7)
“I’d say her mechanical reading is high school level … But her reading comprehension is more age-appropriate.”
Doesn’t think there’s much Anki can do for reading comprehension
“Hannah went through a phase where she didn't want to do it. We tried to compromise and work through it. Eventually, it became part of her "job" -- we told her that every human has a job, and her job was to do Anki.”