Ds is 6 and a half and in p2. He gets a new book home each week that he has to read every night. He says everyone in his class gets the same book. The books all have 16 pages and average 1 line per page occassionally two and large pictures, the books are from the same scheme as p1 so all the charachters are known. Reading with ds is never easy, he gets very frustrated and bored and i really struggle to get him to look at the book rather than the ceiling, his nails, the wall etc. He recognises more of the words (imo) from sight and memory. He is starting to be able to decode words like r e d red, but other words he just dosnt get like 'stuck' when i ask him to sound out a word he just spells it to me s, t, u, c, k, even removing the k and asking him to sound out stuc he couldnt do it, this happens every few words, shops was 'shampoo' thump was 'the hump' traffic was 'trap' etc, all my efforts to get him to sound them out leave him getting upset and saying he cant do it and breaking into tears. So should i be telling him the words because thats what i usually do and ive found he just remembers the words ive told him (he can memorise the book no problem after ive told him it all once) but surely hes not learning this way? any advice would be great.