My son is 4.5, he knows his alphabet and sounds, is very interested in letter formation and knowing what things say. We live in Italy and he won’t learn to read in Italian at school until age 6, and English only later as a foreign language, not phonics. I don’t want to push him to read in English (partly as I’m worried he will be bored at school) but I also don’t want to hold him back - this summer he saw that his English cousins and friends can read or are learning and is keen to learn, so I wondered about looking at some very easy readers together.
Which first phonics books or schemes would you recommend as fun/interesting for a kid who doesn’t need to rush or be assessed on phonics but would like to move toward reading?
We read together a lot in both languages and that will obviously continue.
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First phonics books or readers for 4.5 year old (who won’t learn English at school)
LeeMiller · 29/08/2023 10:18
HomeEduDilemma · 29/08/2023 10:27
This set starts off with very simple words - adult reads the story on one page and child reads very basic sentences eg 'It is Sam' - and each book progressively adds another sound or gets a little harder.
https://www.books4people.co.uk/products/usborne-books-uk-books-my-first-library-50bks
Along with watching 'Alphablocks' and playing the 'Teach Your Monster to Read' game, it's how my daughter learned to read.
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