Reception-does your child have reading bks?

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My dd1 is 4yr9mth and started school in sept.

She does not have a reading book sent home, but a fair amount of phonic based activities and 'tricky' words (words that cant be sounded out) and word building activities.

When attending a session by the teacher to give us info on theaching english and reading etc i we were told reading bboks arent sent home until all the above areas are consistantly carried out corrected, suppose the tools to read!

Let me make it clear i only have my dd best interests at heart, but i cant lie, i am slightly worried as all and i mean all of my friends children all at diff school have reading books that are sent home with them to read each day!

Should my dd be having reading book is she missed out on learning??

I am also worried that i am not doing the best for her as she doesnt do the activities sent home often enough imo...i feel an awful mummy about it but struggle as she is often tired and i also have two other small children and it is very difficult to fit in the school work plus dinner bedtime etc etc.

We tend to do more at the weelend but im sure it would prob be more benificial to do it more often for a shorted period.

Im sorry if im completely stressing, i want my dd to enjoy learning and school but also want her to get the best start too.

Whats the 'norm'?

ARGH awful typos i can read and write...honestly. Just rushed post and very sleep deprived!

Can she use her phonics to read simple words?
Tricky words can be sounded - simple point out the tricky bit for example "was" the tricky bit is the letter "a" represents /o/ and words like watch and want follow the same "rule".

Thank you and loopy that is reassuring and if im honest i agree surely if they are completely confident with the phonetic base then they can potentially read most things!

Just ive always been a worrier and started to have doubts when all of my friends just talk about their childrens current reading books, followed by suprised expressions that my dd still hasnt got one

We have always had alot of story time inour house and still do every night BUT that is me reading to them rather than dd reading as such. I follow what im reading with my finger and allow her to sound out words i know she can, and also spot tricky words etc.

She can use her current phonic knowledge to read and put together words eg words like dog, ring, man etc

She can also sound out words with diagraphs eg cloud

I do have a feeling she may be 'behind' if there is such thing and if so this is down to me not doing enough, find it sooo difficult with the other children around

You get out what you put in and all that...and i dont put in enough!

my daughter is in nursery and they get books sent home every day? even if they cant read it themselves it is still educational to read it with them, talk to the parents about whats going on in the pictures, recognise the letters, etc, if i was you i would talk to the parent governor about this policy.

She can use her current phonic knowledge to read and put together words eg words like dog, ring, man etc

She can also sound out words with diagraphs eg cloud

As a reception teacher I would give her a reading book

She does bring books home that she has chosen form the library etc but not the actual reading books if that makes sense!?

I almost feel like some mums i talk to seem to be in competition re reading etc, which i find a bit annoying. I couldnt care less if my dd is the first or last to have a reading book as long as she is getting the best start and foundations to become a good reader!

My dds school told me on induction that they have never yet sent a reading book home before the second term! But the 4close friends i have all with children at different schools had reading books almost immediately! And have been surprised by the amount of 'homework' my dd gets.

My dds school does have a high reading standard so im hoping they are doing things 'right' but still cant help finding it puzzling.

I would give her a reading book if she can use her sounds to read those words.
Try this

My DD is in reception too and has 3 books sent home a week, DS is in nursery and he has 2 books sent home that I read to him and we discuss etc. DD has to read books to me and then I write how she read in her diary as home/school link.

Your dd sounds like she is at the same stage as my dd, who is also in reception but is 5.4, so a fair bit older. My dd brought home her first reading book this week.

I can't comment on teaching techniques, but I very much doubt your dd is falling behind, and I think you are quite right not to force her to do homework when she is tired, and focus on keepiing reading a fun activity at home.

mrz our posts crossed.

I have spoken to the teacher and there are still diagraphs that my dd is not consistantly confident with. I think they like the children to be confident with all of them consistantly before sending home reading books.

She has listed the three she is less confident with to mix in with ones i know she knows to improve without her losing confidence as she will have success with the letters and diagraphs she does know.

The also have word boxes and i have been told they have to know a whole word box (contains around 8words)before having a reading book.

I find it all quite overwhelming. Seems alot for me to try and do at home. She has tricky words, diagraph games, word building, words boxes. I feel like im failing her I was under the impression repeatition is the best way but it is impossible to regualary repeat all of these avtivities or is that just me!?

ps cant open that site for some reason.

I think ill speak to the teacher when dd goes back, just dont want to sound like a pushy parent or like im questioning their teaching! I also dont want to push my dd, if she isnt ready yet.

She was one of the younger starters which may be a factor we also communicate through a dairy aswell as face to face with the teachers when possible, they have talked to me and told me that they have removed her maths activities from her book bag as she sail thorugh them perfectly. Therefore for the time being i can concentrate on the reading/phonics at home.

DD started reception in Jan, they've been doing jolly phonics for 5 weeks. Teacher told us she'll send her home with a reading book to 'consolidate her spelling' mid-next half term. Seems their focus is more on spelling to start with rather than reading. I get her to sound out simple words in the stories that we read at home in the meantime.

She doesn't need to know every single phoneme before she begins reading scheme books.

The books I start my children with have words like - cat - am - top - dig - box -bug - dog - Bob - mum - dad -bag - bun

which I assume she could manage

digraphs are introduced in the 3rd set of books so 25 books in by which time she will be ready.

Not behind, just her school police reading books differntlyto some other school.

DS is nearly 5 and so far is confident on single letter sounds and just a few 2 letter sounds. He can sound out simple phoneticly spelt words. He has had school books sent home from Jan but he is not expected to "read every word" and they are emergent reader type books where looking at teh picture and talking about what is happening is as important as "reading the words". Your school seem to o things differently and I guess you child will be ABLE to read the words when they do start bringing books home.

BUT if you fancy taking early reader books out of the library school can't stop you sharing them with your child at home.

My current fav set is the "reading corner phonics" books published by Franklin Watts. The stories are better than some other sets.
DS is curently OK with level 1 - short CVC words with short vowel sounds + and+the .

mrz that's a great link, thank you :)

OP. I have found with my little boy who is 5 that what he can do and what the school send home do not to always match. I've gone to the local library and asked for a few phonic early readers and they've given me a few for the holidays.

To be reading things like cl-ou-d sounds good :)

If it makes you feel any better my DD didn't see a book to read until she was in year 1. We were in a different system and my eye was off the ball totally for a number of other reasons. She's reading fine.

Good luck. :)

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Thank you poppet thats good to hear. Wonder why i cant access the link

May take a trip to the library this week, would be easier in some ways to 'fit in' a reading book as its something i can do at storytimes and still include dd2 and surely it wont have a negative effect on her reading just back up the blending and sounding out she is aleady learning.

Ds1 4.9 brings home 3 new reading books (Jolly Phonics) a week, high frequency words on flashcards to practice/play around with, and one library book with lots of words designed to be read to them rather than for them to read themselves. Has a reading record book where I'm supposed to write in what reading I've done with him each day (if I remember ).

The link has lots of e books including phonics books from a number of schemes
google oxfordowl

OP, I think that is a pretty linear approach to teaching reading. It seems a bit sad to delay introducing a child to the joy of books because they aren't confident with the requisite number of diagraphs! I would honestly forget about trying to follow all the school stuff - which sounds like really hard work - and go to the library or nearest bootfair and pick up some very simple reading books. The most important thing that kids can learn is that books are fun.

It's approaches like that, that make parents believe phonics means no books!

Thanks everyone, dd is also learning thorugh the joyy phonics programme.

mrz the second link worked and is fab!

Would you recommend any particular first reading book over others??

Feeling quite excited at the prospect now as tonight i did pick out words i knew she could read from her bedtime story and let her sound them out so we shared the reading...maybe shouldnt have!

Just been reading up on the link about about sounds and it stresses to not add uh to sounds eg m - muh! should be mmm! I have done this previously although dd has been known to correct me poor girl that wont of helped...also hard when mil contantly uses the letter name instead of sound

Dont get me wrong i know she will get reading books was just concerned about when and if i wasnt doing enough. There is 5including dd in her reception group and i know three have reading books two have done for a while, so i do think they must feel DD isnt quite ready yet!?

I def dont believe phonics means no book...not sure exactly who you were posting to

My bed is calling me but i will be back 2mo have found this very helpful, thanks again.