Biff, chip and kipper?

[pinguthepenguin]

Are these good books for encouraging my dd to keep up her reading over the summer?
She is moving into Y1 in sept, has a basic grasp of phonics , ie can blend simple words but not tricky ones such as 'like' or eat' etc.
She is really good at wanting to read and never complains so I figured I would try to keep it up over summer. She has on lncassion brought Biff, Chip and Kipper books home but mostly her school seem to mix and match. She gets a book twice a week.
Should I buy a few of these books to help her along? Or are there better?
She has the jolly phonics story book ( the huge one) but she doesn't like it and finds it hard.

Thanks!

I'd suggest trying your local library where they should have a range of early readers and see if you can find some that she gets on with. TBH old style Read at Home Biff, Chip ones are rather tedious in the early stages, and are not hugely phonically decodable so can be dispiriting for kids. They do have some phonics books though we haven't tried them.

Libraries are doing a summer reading challenge where they can get stickers for each book read and earn a certificate and medal. You might find it may inspire her to try some different books

I would take her to the library and look together for books she would like to read and books she would like you to read with her.
Dont stop reading to her just because she can now read (not suggesting you are but many/most do)

I wouldnt choose biff chip and kipper books for her to read simply because there are thousands of books that are much much better

And I wouldnt worry about her 'keeping up' with her reading - she is only 6, plenty of time to be brilliant at reading.

My DS really enjoyed the songbird books as the early ones are simple to read with only basic phonics. It gave him a sense of achievement when he read one

Thanks all, dd has actually just turned 5 last month. I wouldn't say she can 'read' as such, but she can put sentences torture by blending each word before she pronounces them. I suggested biff and kipper because I've heard other parents mention them and because they seem 'simple' and age appropiate.
We aren't really around in the summer, will be travelling a lot seeing family etc so library not really an option but will certainly do it in sept.

yy to Songbirds - try the book people - somethimes have them cheap.

I hate biff chip and kipper. Arrrgggghhhh!

The library is the best place but if it's not possible then I would recommend the read, write inc scheme books.,

I use these for my dd's (I live somewhere where there are no reading schemes) and I got them from amazon.

Another vote here for Songbird phonics. I bought a pack from e-bay. You could also look on e-bay for other reading scheme books, using the colour band that she is on/moving towards as a guide.

If she has only recently turned 5 you have even less reason to worry!
She will read fluently in her own good time.
It sounds like she is doing much better than my dd who is several years older.

Have a lovely summer, seeing family, travelling - that is a marvellous educational experience in itself. :)

Thank you everyone
Ive no idea what band colour she is on tbh . She seemed to come home with different ones each time- or perhaps I just didn't pay enough attention! Is that bad?

How would I know which colour to buy?

I'd get the songbird from stage 1 and it will boost her confidence as you move up. I got a set of 36 cheap at book people. Goes up to stage 6 and ds races through them until stage 4 and we are finding a broader range of things to look at

I also find charity shops have a lot of early readers.

We live in Scotland so I'm not sure if this is different but ds us going into primary 2 (can be done at 5 or 6) in August and has been reading biff, chip.and kipper since he was 3 months into primary 1 (4 or 5 years) and he loves them.

And "the magic key began to glow"
it might be over 8 yrs ago but it still brings me out in a cold sweat thinking about it. Politically correct boring rubbish both my DS's hated them.

For some fun, why not try the Dr Seuss books- simple ones like "hop on pop" or Green Eggs and Ham/ Cat in the hat. Should definitey be available at your local library

the early usborne books are good too. You read a page and then the child reads the next page iyswim.

The are called usborne early reading books. I got mine from Amazon.

Do t get me started on this :o had enough trouble with them :o

Thanks all for the suggestions, think will get her possibly the Dr Seuss ones and songbird ones