Jelly and Bean reading series year one

[madmum04]

Anyone used this scheme? What are your thoughts on it? My little girl in year one has just been put on this scheme because she was finding the oxford reading tree ones a bit hard, shes on stage 1+ pink bank of oxford reading tree but has just been put on to 4b of the Jelly and Bean scheme. Wondering if anyone else has used it and what its like? We tried the first book last night and it seemed ok for her, she mixed up the i for js as they had a little flick at the end of the i so she though it was a j and the usual bs and ds mixed up but aside of that she seemed to do really good :) In school she does her guiding reading with oxford reading tree and as far as im aware her group have been trying red bands books. The teacher said yesterday she has the potential that once she gets it she will just take off and have no problems

I remember DS's reception teacher saying the jelly and bean books were brilliant and more consistent (if a little repetitive) than the Oxford Reading Tree/Biff and Chip books. He's never looked back, so I have only positive things to say about them.

My dd is using these. She really likes them and she wasn't getting anywhere with Biff and Chip et al.

My dd has brought home some Jelly and Bean phonics books and they've been very good.

She's also had Dandelion Launchers/Readers phonics books which are also very good.

I remember DS's reception teacher saying the jelly and bean books were brilliant and more consistent (if a little repetitive) than the Oxford Reading Tree

I don't think that your DS'sreception teacher can have looked very closely at either books!

ORT is designed to teach reading by 'look and say'. It has a restricted vocabulary, is very repetitive and very difficult to code in the early stages of learning to read with phonics.

Jelly and Bean are decodeable, have a wider range of vocabulary and should really be used alongside a structured synthetic phonics programme.

The teacher said yesterday she has the potential that once she gets it she will just take off and have no problems

Very worrying! Teacher sounds as though she's running on a wing and a prayer, rather than actually knowing how to teach reading

Jelly and Bean will help; good, structured phonics teaching and bin the ORT would be even better...

I really like Jelly and Bean (just read one with DS2 tonight). At DS's school they really hammer the phonics and then the reading scheme they use (in reception at least) is jelly and Bean. DS2 is really coming on quickly with it - I feel as though he improves with every book he reads. On the other hand DS1 was taught (ha! Fat chance!) with ORT in reception and it was like wading through treacle - I think ORT had a permanently negative effect and his ability to learn to read. Dreadful scheme!