How often does someone listen to your child read in Reception?

[MilestoneMum]

Is there a recommended frequency e.g. 3x a day or twice a week? And how heavily do schools rely on parent helpers to do this?

If it is not logged in her journal do I assume DD didn't read to a grown up on a particular day?

I help in yr one 2 days a week. Books are changed once a week, teacher tries to hear children read once a week (but not always possible) on book change day. Parents are encouraged to listen to their children read daily.

The school was graded outstanding last year.

My reception ds has not yet started bringing books home but I bought the songbirds books and has read them really well so I'm going to buy the next stage. Also reads easy readers from m&s and charity shop ones. I keep asking have they done any reading or words in school and answer is always no just sounds and phonics stuff!

I teach in Reception, class of 30 with 1 TA. We hear them read individually once a week, TA hears 20 and I hear 10 on a rota, so I'm keeping up with their reading over a 3 week period.

We will start guided reading after Christmas in groups of 5/6 according to ability - this is a more 'teaching' activity though where we talk about punctuation etc.

There is so much 'other' reading going on though throughout the day. For example I've played a word bingo game today with groups of children where they have had to read CVC words. We might have an interactive whiteboard activity where the children need to read words/simple sentences.

I always thank my parents for their support - I see reading as a partnership between home and school and I always say "if you read with your children they will make progress, if you don't they won't - it's as simple as that!"

But louby that does assume that the child is willing to read with a parent - whereas some don't. I can't imagine trying to control 30 4yr old children with just one other adult, but could you not ask for parent volunteers - dd1 would read with them but not us. Sitting through biff chip and kipper for the third time all three children have had a different attitude to reading and one just would not read for us at home and only reluctantly at school. Now she loves reading but those early years were tough!

I have another helper in my class who tends to do more craft type activities, she's a volunteer who I never really include in my staff ratio. Only paid and trained staff are allowed to hear readers at our school.

I teach in a little church school (200 on roll) and most of our parents are supportive. I know not every school is so lucky.

Parents get so caught up in "what level is your child on?" they forget that reading, spelling and writing all go hand in hand.

Using magnetic letters is another good reading/spelling activity. There is so much more that goes on in school though!

My TA said this morning that one of our boys said to her "my mum is really cross with you because you haven't heard me read yet!!!" Mmm good job we've got thick skins and refuse to be bullied. Two more days in the week yet to hear readers....

Ds2 is only on picture books at the moment. No words. So presumably teacher or TA is not hearing him read. At all. Because he can't.
I know one boy was given word books last week. One of my friend daughters learnt to read last summer. She is just 5. She is considered very advanced.

But reading this, it would seem I (ds2) is not the norm.

yes Louby it is absolutely a partnership. I see reading as something very important, the better a child can read, the easier they will probably find a lot of things in school and life in general, they can read signs, information, worksheets in maths and so on and writing goes hand in hand with that so I do a lot to encourage my daughters at home. We are lucky and have been able to buy books (our library isn't great) and we spend at least half an hour every evening reading to them plus they do their reading to us on top of that. They love books, we look at all the illustrations in great detail, they love listening to (and reading) poetry as well. So many parents think it is up to school to teach it and I don't think that is fair.

Oblomov - I don't know about this year in DD2's class but last year in DD1s class there were quite a few still on no words or on the ones where they have letter sounds on each page and have to find things beginning with those letters etc until January ish and possibly later, those were just the ones I knew about.

Thanks peri. Starting to feel like a freak.

I have a few children in my class who aren't reading yet. I tend to give them a simple reading book once they begin to blend.

Everywhere I've looked seems to say they are usually at just blending words level not reading yet at this stage in reception as they've only just learned the phonics sounds.

Started with satpin.
BIG on phonics at our school.
I'm sure there are a few who are reading.
Many got word books only last week.
Plenty who have not been given word books.

I am not worried. Must remember not to let the mn world freak me out!!

Oblomov, as I said in my previous post, DS didn't start reading til year 1. He was still on picture books well after Christmas in reception and now reads brilliantly, the picture books taught him to look at books as a story not just a list which imo is much better than being on books too soon and just reading the words not the story iyswim.

I have no idea what books other kids have in DDs class but her teacher seemed to think she was progressing particularly well/quickly and she's only just started on the simple blending books in the last few weeks.

MN view of average is totally skewed. Which is really annoying when you want to know what is actually average.