X account: We didn't teach our kids to read. We read to them. Then they'd "read" to themselves by repeating memorized words and phrases while paging through a book. Sometimes they'd make stuff up. Wonderful! Eventually, they'd read, to themselves and siblings. Sometimes they'd delay because

The author says that they did not directly teach the child to read; instead, they read books to the child.

The child once “read” by repeating words and phrases remembered from the books while turning the pages.

The child would sometimes make up content and later read independently or to their siblings.

The original text breaks off at “Sometimes they'd delay because.”