Is it important for babies and toddlers to expose to phonics since young? Can we let them move along with the flow according to the childcare centre syllabus which does not include teaching of reading and numbers.

For my tod, we didn't expose her to phonics, only nursery rhymes. She picked up at her cc fast. Then after that, we followed the tr's advice of intro letterland and the songs from YouTube. For us, academic is not the top of our priority but letting her have her childhood and fun is.