Shakira's one-year-old son shows off his reading skills

's son

is certainly a fast learner.The youngster's proud mum shared a video on Facebook showing that, at the tender age of just one,

.The video, which the

singer entitled '

/ Aprendiendo a leer con mami', shows

.

Shakira, who is now

with her footballer fiancé

, can be overheard encouraging her son by saying "muy bien" as he says 'mama', 'papa', 'tete', 'meme' and 'agua'.Colombia-born Shakira has previously talked about how important she thinks it is to

.While most children learn to read at around the age of five or six, Shakira and Gerard are clearly keen for Milan to start on the basics as early as possible.

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Shakira is keen for Milan to start learning to read and write from an early age

Before too long Milan will have his younger brother to play educational games with.Shakira's parents Nidia Ripoll and William Mebarak Chadid

earlier this month."We're very happy," said Nidia and William. "

. We don't know anything about names yet."