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Is your son YR? Why are they so stingy with books in YR (not all schools but quite a lot!). I bought a lot of books for DS in YR as his school were the same. They will be useful for DD in the future too, but it's kind of annoying that they were all sitting there at school. I know a bit more about phonics etc now so am more confident in getting suitable books from the library.

Marne if your dd struggles with a book, you say she stays on the same level - does she stay on the same book, or does it get changed for another on the same level?

My local library is also not that good tbh but I have gone in armed with a list (or you can do it online) and they have ordered loads of books for me which is good.

I know what you mean about preferring a printed book to an ebook...

I have had to buy quite a few books for DD as she is in a reception class of 90 so I guess they don't have many books to provide more than one a week

Yes, ds is in Reception. I have bought quite a few books but can't carry on like this. I will see if the library can help. Thanks for all the comments.

Ah yes, I think that was the argument for DS, but actually as he was a bit ahead (like your DD Simpson but not as far as her at this point in the year), so there were books at his level available. Perhaps I was not as confident as I am now in chatting to the teacher when I needed to. .

Yes, it's worth pursuing the library option IMO if you have time to do that. They are very helpful and I've noticed that if you order something online from around the county (ours is a tiny library) that often they will get similar things or things of a similar ilk into the library pretty quick.

It's also worth checking out 2nd hand shops as I have picked up quite a few bargains so save £££ as I cannot afford to buy brand new books for her all the time tbh....

Dd is in yr R. She is reading ORT at school and Lewis Caroll (on her own with v little guidance) at home.

She struggled with the name Nadim in a book last week but can read pretty much anything (newspapers, text messages, labels on stuff)

We do her reading book once midweek and again on Sunday morning as they swap books on Monday.

I struggled with Nadim too . I hadn't come across it before. In fact I can remember the discussion with DH on how to pronounce it .

Your DD sounds like she's flying Secondcoming. Well done to her .

She said to me last week 'mummy, what's Gazza?' so I launched into a description about Italia 90, celebrity etc. moving on to 'age appropriate mental illness descriptions' and she pipes up with 'what's a Palestinian'....

Obv I replied 'ask daddy when he gets in'

Read it once and get 95% or more correct.

I think the key thing must be understanding.
DS2 brought home a level 14 book last week (I think by accident, as he was a few stages below that the week before). He could decode it fluently, read with expression the first time through etc. But there were areas of the book where he struggled to really understand what it meant. It was set in history and there were turns of phrase he really didn't understand. Going on the 95% theory that shouldn be his reading level. But it definitely isn't!