My son is in reception. He has problems with his speech which we have been told is a speech disorder, so he tends to substitute the wrong consonants in words and has trouble with some sounds. His comprehension is fine, as is his expressive language. I did wonder how this would impact on learning to read, but he learned all his letters quite quickly. However he has struggled more with learning short words and doesn't seem to be able to get the hang of blending even CVC words as yet. He has problems with holding a pen as well and is not really very keen to try to practice reading and writing. However, he does love anything with a screen and I have downloaded a good app called phonics island which he likes and which helps trace single letters. Just wondered if anyone had advice as to what else might help particularly any apps which are particularly good for learning to blend words? Apparently by end of reception there are supposed to be able to write in sentences and I really can't see him meeting this target at the moment! If anyone has any experience also of reading in a child with speech problems advice would be appreciated.
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Advice on helping 5 year old struggling with reading
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mydogeatsnutstoo · 09/02/2016 14:05
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