Reception children and reading

[Bumblebeeanddog]

Hi, for those with a reception aged child, I was just wondering what sort of sentences they can read?

My little one can sound out CVC words and recall a handful of tricky words but that's it.

'Cat is red' type sentences most Reception children are reading or more complicated?

Mine is in year 2 and still trying to learn first few words

Absolutely 'normal' and somewhere within the range they are expected to be in reception.
I work in early years, spend every working day doing phonics lessons, listening to individual readers, guided reading etc
Some children can barely read their own name, some are reading fluently from books way beyond their age but most are somewhere in between like your dd!

Keep reading at home with her, make it fun, if she's had enough stop, aim for a little everyday. Children who are supported at home with their reading, tend to do better than those who aren't.

@Springisspringing2

One dd read war and peace and les miserable in the original French age 5, the other is suspected dyslexic

Bog roll.. How did you know re the tracking...

An early clue was failing his first eyetest pictures) and at the follow up, the optician twigged that he was picking up the pictures from the lines above and below, so not an issue of visual clarity. This became clearer after the initial screening with overlays at the opticians. He now has tinted glasses.

We used Peter and Jane when he was about 3 to develop his speech as he had a delay now known to be part of his ASD/ dyslexia/ dyspraxia issues. Peter and Jane were great for building up and rearranging simple sentences and helped a lot with some of his awkward points.

He was so excited about the split diagraph in his name at the start of y1. He was about 9 before he could reliably write his name accurately, but he could tell you all about the split diagraph when he was 5 He's the sort of child that when asked whar Roald Dahl was famous for, launched into a detailed precis of Roald Dahl's RAF career

They're all so different. My winter born DD arrived at school reading fluently. My summer born DS couldn't read for the whole of reception but a short way through year 1 was making great progress; still struggling with writing though. There is little point in comparing kids so young the range of ability in KS1 is enormous.

Sounds normal op. I have a child in reception and a child in yr1. Dc in reception is ahead of dc in yr1 with reading. They are all different at this stage so try not to compare. If you have any concerns talk to their teacher. I tried lots of extra reading, phonics games, etc for Dc in yr1 and it was counterproductive as he disengaged and in some ways went backwards. I relaxed a little and we got back to making reading pleasurable. Books he enjoys, he does not like Biff & Kipper but non fiction history and transport books are looked at for hours, DH used to get him brochures from car garages as he loved to look at them and would practice reading with those for hours. He is behind his classmates and I am told by him and parents that they are all reading ‘proper’ books or ahead in levels. It gets him down and I find the comparisons a little depressing at his age. His teachers aren’t too concerned at this stage as the basics are there and they will all come together eventually. Dc in reception seems to look at words and read them with ease, it depends on the child.

It varies a lot! I had one child who at 4.5 could read chapter books (eg dick long smith, simple roald Dahl) and another who hadn't mastered letters at the same age!my struggling reader was diagnosed with dyslexia at 6 though if you are reading this please do not worry if your 5 year old attainment is similar, that dyslexic 6 year old is now about to graduate a top university on course for a 1st in engineering, just took her until 11 or so to get reading properly

I think there is also different standards expected from different schools at different levels. I’m quite shocked that yellow book bands seem to be the expected level at the end of reception when they seem to contain lots of sounds that don’t align to reception phonics like split diagraphs, alternative sounds etc. I’m finding it all quite random as the book bands don’t seem to relate to the EYG.

I think your child is doing great. :)