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7. Bedtime Shema: [1]
From the day of the Upsherinish and onwards, one is to accustom the child to recite the bedtime Shema. [He is to say the verse of Shema, the first paragraph of Veahavta, and the verse of Beyadcha.[2]]
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[1] Igros Kodesh Rayatz 2:438; Brought in Hayom Yom 4th Iyar; Sefer Haminhagim p. 87; Igros Kodesh 5:21; Shevach Habris 3:2; Misgeres Hashulchan in Lechem Hapanim on Kitzur SH”A 166 that “the custom amongst all of Israel is to educate the child from three years old, which is when he starts speaking, in all matters of holiness”
[2] See Siddur Tehilas Hashem the section of blessings for young children