My dc is 4 and starting reception in September. She’s been ‘reading’ for a while now which I know is quite early (she’s lacking on other skills - just what she’s in to). She started by recognising short words, memorising them essentially. I’m aware that this isn’t how reading is taught any more and tried to do phonics with her. Totally out of my depth on this! I’ve done all the single alphabet sounds and then a few of the easy combined sounds like ‘ch’ and ‘sh’. But I’m not following any scheme. Please can you good people help me as it’s hard to ask mums in real life for fear I sound like I’m boasting!
Is there a good scheme to follow that lists all the sounds they need to learn? I literally just need a list of the sounds and what order I should teach them to her.
She reads a short book from the Ort series every night and I’m guessing she’s on around level 3 - how do I know what the right level should be for her? Should she know all the words or what proportion of them should be new? Should she read the same book for a few nights on the trot? Do schools give books for a day or a few days? I tend to find if we read the same one she memorises it and then I fear she’s not learning the words or how to decide but just memorising the book. But a new one each night feels hard work for her.
What else should I do with her or for her? We read loads to her but shortish books like Julia Donaldson still - should I be reading harder books? If so any recommendations?
Will there be loads of kids in her year that will be at her stage when she starts or should I try to slow her down a bit?!
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Rainbowsandflowers78 · 07/01/2018 01:34
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