Should I just give up with reading schemes?

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Im struggling to find sets over level 10. He has a couple, B,C&K and alien adventure, and he's on around 13. All the rest seem not come in sets so super expensive, trust me I've been looking. Should I just give up on them now and just let him read his jr novels or is there anything important about the later levels?

@irvineoneohone I haven't changed my name... I'm still here...

He loved trying to draw a story with me earlier... Although it ended up being about a boy who was a monkey going to a park and making friends with a butterfly that he drew as baymax

That sounds fabulous. Keep it up! (And do keep them all in a scrapbook—you will both love looking at them again in 20 years time!)

Ha, I don't mean this one, I can think of at least 2 other usernames prior to this with exactly same scenario.

PP: Let him play
OP: No he hates playing, he loves learning

Although it ended up being about a boy who was a monkey going to a park and making friends with a butterfly that he drew as baymax
But why the 😑face?
That sounds like a lovely story. The creativty is important.

I don't think anyone is saying you force them to do a specifc task, but they are saying that it is important to put chilsren out their comfort zone. If they only do what they like or want then that's no good for them when they get to school.

E.g. I set a descriptive writing task to GCSE and the first question was 'can I do it as a diary entry?' No. The exam question is a piece of description as a piece prose, not a diary entry.

irvineoneohone
Oh right.
Sort of 'I've taught my child to only like educational learning activities so now that's what they prefer'.

Reminds me of a friend whose Mum had the fridge all neat and obsessively lined up. They had a playroom but the playroom was mainly eductational things amd messy play wasn't allowed. We'd all turn up having been playing out, climbing treees, making dens etc and they would come out but never properly join in because it.mighy be messy. Tell you what, the rest of us have done just fine in life and 'educational no mess' friend is no further on than us, just now they have their own lined uo fridge and no mess.

I suspect the DC might be a bit resistant to more fluid, less structured activities and OP has perhaps misinterpreted him sticking to very predictable activities as a passion for learning which, with good will, she is facilitating.

It would be a shame though, if she is doing that to the exclusion of supporting him to develop his dynamic social interaction if that is something he feels less confident with.

Hi 20pounds. I am a school literacy lead and also the mother of a dd (now 15 - argh!) who was an early and very keen reader. Would just echo what others have said about reading schemes. Avoid if possible! Recommend www.thebookpeople.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/qs_home_tbp?storeId=10001&catalogId=10051&langId=100 for cheap books.

irvine
Ah. So we are probably about 2 pages away from 'inverse academic snobbery' and 'people feel threatened by gifted chilsren because it makes them feel inadequate'.
And probably a year away from 'AIBU to think that the EYFS staff are trying to dumb down my child and limit their talents?
I want them reading Tale of Two Cities but they've said my child needs to work on the social interaction/motor skills elements of the curriculum. It's obvious to me that they just can't cope with someoje as brilliant as my child'

He loved trying to draw a story with me earlier... Although it ended up being about a boy who was a monkey going to a park and making friends with a butterfly that he drew as baymax

Well this sounds brilliant so why the 😐 as though you somehow find it distasteful or not to your liking???

But of course, you don't dictate what your PFB does and let him do whatever he likes right?

Maybe the story he has written indicates that he wants to go to the park and play like a monkey and make friends with others.

@Chrys2017 he wants to keep it on his bookshelf so I may have to photocopy it before it inevitably gets destroyed

@CrashBangWollop 😐 because it was funny...

Right, I didn't know that about myself...

It seemed a likely explanation! A lovely story followed by "oooh let's go and be monkeys in the park..." bizarre thread!

So, OP, what play activities does your DC like?

Probably only things which are suitably educational and offer opportunities to prove how gifted the OP thinks their child is.

@VienneseFingers reading, writing, drawing, puzzles, board games, card games, music, exploring, coding, Tetris. Those kinds of things

Maybe expand with more physical play? Park, soft play, kiddie gymnastics? They grow up so quickly it's wonderful for them to purely play.

No he's fine how he is

Bonkers!

Ikr 😂

Honestly OP, lack of gross motor skills by not doing lots of physical play at early age will hinder your child in the future. I know it because my ds has suffered from it being severely ill before starting school and had to do lots to catch up. We spent time at the park/ woods/ watching the trains go by etc. when we can, but it wasn't enough, and it really didn't stop him progressing academically. He couldn't climb easily or write long stories without feeling pain due to weak upper body muscle.