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what books set woudl you recommend for REception child 5+ years old

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life1000 · 16/02/2014 21:47

what books set woudl you recommend for REception child 5+ years old we finished the set of read Inc Write books ( there were about 6 pages in each book)

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May09Bump · 16/02/2014 21:49

We have done the RRI ones, the biff and chip ones are ok. Starting to look at the songbird range too.

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nonicknameseemsavailable · 16/02/2014 22:04

songbirds phonics are my personal favourite learning to read books.

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Sleepyhead33 · 16/02/2014 22:05

The dandelion books are fab-great, decodable stories.

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life1000 · 16/02/2014 22:11

just looked at songbird collection. how do I find out what level my son is?

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freetrait · 16/02/2014 22:20

Start at level one and go from there. It's worth re-capping. What colour were the RWI ones?

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life1000 · 16/02/2014 22:33

different... green pink purple...

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nonicknameseemsavailable · 16/02/2014 22:34

have a look on Oxford Owl website as you can read some free on there.

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tellmeonasunday · 16/02/2014 22:40

Songbirds definitely, also Usborne books and green bananas (link below), green bananas are green so might be a bit of a jump but not too many words on a page and nice stories.

www.usborne.com/catalogue/book/1~EY~EYPR~4176/fat-cat-on-a-mat-and-other-tales-with-cd.aspx

www.egmont.co.uk/bananas/green.asp?guide=true

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May09Bump · 16/02/2014 22:41

I found this comparison chart useful - www.abbotslangley.herts.sch.uk/data/documents/Read%20Write%20Inc/Reading%20Tree%20Correlation%20Chart.pdf

I recommend going into a bookshop and looking at the level too - to see what you feel comfortable with.

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Bilberry · 16/02/2014 22:53

Not a book set as such but.... Have you checked out your local library? You may need to flick through the books to get an idea of levels and take out quite a few as you inevitably find some hit the space more than others. However, my kids got through so many books and I saved a fortune by going to the library!!

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Bilberry · 16/02/2014 22:55

Local jumble sales, fares, fetes etc with book stalls are also great cheap sources of early readers...

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tiredbutnotweary · 16/02/2014 23:47

I don't think the correlation chart link worked - this one should & you can then check the WRI colour against the national book band colours.

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noramum · 17/02/2014 11:53

DD never was on any proper reading scheme and we just got books from the library which interested her. Difficult bits were read by us.

We liked the Usborne First Reader and Young Reader books. We currently read the last stage and I know I will miss them. Decent classical stories and a good mix of text and pictures.

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mummymellymoo · 17/02/2014 18:56

My five-yr-old loved the songbird books - they're written by Julia Donaldson so they are actually well-written stories (unlike some of the other early reading books). He also loved the Espresso books - they cover most of the early reading levels I think. He was really disappointed when he'd finished the series as he loved them so much
www.itsfuntoread.co.uk/SearchResults.aspx?st=1&lid=2

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Davidcd25 · 11/03/2014 05:59

For readers of a slightly older or more advanced level you might want to take a look at this book about cats. It is only about 10 pages in length including pictures.

www.amazon.com/dp/B00ITFNYO2?tag=mumsnet&ascsubtag=mnforum-21

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MortaIWombat · 11/03/2014 06:51

Really, David? It seems a very odd recommendation to me.

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