end term 1 whats receptions done so far?

[3asAbird]

Interested hear from reception teachers or even parents on how much they covered so far?

dd2 failed get space any of 3schools shes on wait list for 4 so chose to home educate.

we do 10mins writing a day
least 10-15mins phonics

read 1 early reader mostly one without words but started on few level ones oxford reading tree and songbirds but started looking at other reading programmes for more variety ie usbourne phonics and bug club.

following jolly phonics programme

daughter knows all her individual sounds.we play i spy things beginning with sounds and she can gie several correct examples

trying work on her recognising letters

we play letter snap and have magnetic letters where we play around and make words

moved onto 2nd stage phonics

satp set 1

doing 2nd set after half term.

in addition to 1early reader we also read least one story book if not more.

numeracy been doing basic counting using manipulatives and counting books.

she can easily count 1-10 11-20 she makes mistakes.

we are keeping an eye on foundation national curriculum for maths

uk.ixl.com/math/reception

it seems quite basic and she can already do

shapes

count to 3
count to 5
count to 10.

she needs to do more work get to 20 which hoping crack next term

comparing
positions
size
money need work on,

she can easily classify so can do 5/10maths reception skills already.

we have toy till , sweet shop and play money

planned to do fun hands on maths with pouring and measuring

plan buy few extra manipulatives as been lusting after numicon at home kit.

we practice writing letters on wipe clean cards
she can write her own name
she gets confused upper case small case.

she has writing book where we practice each letter small and big the she draws few pictures of things that begin with that letter.

its not all work

she plays a lot
lots crafts
nature walks-no really started proper science yet as i experiments. all i can remember dd1 doing was mini beasts.

I had planned termly topics like space dinos but ammended it s

sept/october autumn an seasonal so lots nature walks collecting counting conkers/chestnuts.leaf painting, glueing leaves.halloween stufs so spooky stories halloween crafts, harvest

nov plan do poppy day-shes marching with rainbow group at church.
guy fallkes night.

december all things festive ie crafts incoperating xmas stries even counting xmas decorations. using thematic learning cover few areas.

pe we go park if weathers nice

she does cheer leading classs once a week

walks lots.

I know they only do hour week in school.

plan start trying recorder after half term

have baskets instruments where we do circle time and sing nursery ryhmes.

she loves baking

I only ask as freinds children in different schools seem to be doing different things an different stages.

most schools here were part time 4-6 weeek.

we have followed school term sometimes done more than thourght

other days done less.

we both quite tired we have lots breaks.

we do no more than hour sit down formal work day rest is upto her.

i try be structured and have lesson plans which actually list 4-8things want to do per day .

we have author of month and try do crafts based on stories.

I keep worrying we fall behind or are we about on track with average reception child at this stage in year.

shes oldest in age group 5sept birthday.

she cant read as such she starting sound out simple 3letter words
shes good at memorising stories.

You sound like you are doing a good job OP!

have not touched much science.

have done some seasonal stuff nature hunts.

plan do mini beasts after xmas.

have books on

jobs people do

animals

plants -identifying trees this term

weather

does this sound about all reception sceince covers
www.theschoolrun.com/reception-science

I have used tes
pinterest

started saving resources and idea.

did plan monthly sensory bx missed sept done halloween version.

find this site very helpful

www.earlylearninghq.org.uk/lesson-plans-activity-ideas/

3asabird it isn't racing through it Jolly Phonics was written so that 6 sounds were taught per week. Having taught it for almost two decades experience proves it's a very realistic pace.

yes i was confused thourght you meant stage 6 so 6sets of sounds.

It would be 5 or 6 sets of sounds by this stage. 7 full weeks at the recommended JP pace of a sound per day would be 35 sounds by half term. The same pace in letters and sounds would put you part way through phase 3.

My DP is a reception teacher in a very play based setting.

They started phonics last week and have learnt 4 sounds so far. She says they will have plenty of able readers by the end of the year - it really isn't a race. Keep reading those lovely stories so reading is a joy not a task and move at the pace you and your DD find comfortable.
She says writing looks like lots of letter shapes in her class at the moment (circles, crosses, bumpy lines etc.) and they encourage the child to be 'the boss of their writing' so the focus is on the message not the product.

Number is very much about counting (accurately) and really knowing the numbers this half term and they'll move onto calculation in a few weeks (although the more able mathematicians are thinking about problem solving using sine calculation skills if they've got them). It looks like you're doing lots of environmental maths which is great!

They teach from the children's interests, so no topics but lots of play. Adults support their learning in their own play so it's meaningful to the child. The best part about home schooling is that you can work at your DC's pace and around her interests. Don't worry too much about what other schools are doing, enjoy this time you're having together and learn in the way that's right for you!

In Letters and Sounds Phase 4 of Letters and Sounds doesn't introduce any new sounds. It focuses on blending and segmenting ccvc and cvcc words like stop, train, black and next, best, hand moving on from simple two or three sound words. Phase 5 teaches some of the different ways sounds can be spelt in English while Phase 6 introduces prefixes and suffixes no new sounds or spellings (as all the sounds have been taught by the end of phase 3 and common spellings by the end of phase 5)

www.sounds-write.co.uk/apps.aspx

We use Dandelion readers and launchers as our main reading scheme books in reception ( also Phonic Bugs, Rigby Star phonics, Big Cat phonics, Rapid phonics, Project X phonics, Moon Dog, Alba, Magic Belt, Totem, Talisman)

I think you're doing a fab job

Ds has done phase 2 letters and sounds - one set a week. He's segmenting and now starting to blend. We do five high frequency words a week at home. He's had wordless books but now on pink ort.they are practising writing their letters correctly

They learn a poem each week to teach sign language, literacy lessons linked to the topic.

Numeracy we have recognising 1-29 and counting, 2d shapes, length, positional language and adding and substracting 1

I think there is a huge range in reception.

in DTs class the reading ability of children ranges from books with no pics to Band 2.

Numeracy from numbers 1-10 to Venn diagrams and adding and subtracting into 1000s.

Sounds like you are doing a thorough job.

thanks guys reassurance

as a parent wonder if doing enough now as her teacher seems even more daunting.

theres really not much provision or support in uk for parents who want to home educate but follow curriculum as most autonomous and dont believe in teaching read until they 7 and lots tes geared towards lesson plans teaching whole group I just have to engage one .

last few weeks fell behind schedule.

I have no idea when she get school place just trying ensure shes school ready.

right now shes enjoying one to one as shes poor middle child.

im trying do activites around theme or topic or even books.

so this month we reading funny bones and room on broom halloween.

she loves rosen as quite repetative so bear hunt and little rabbot foo food.
she enjoys charlie and lola books with me reading.

we did little roald dahl for his birthday,

we did talk like a pirate day with pirate stories activity book, craft and counting pieces of 8.we have planty more pirate resources to maybe extend on this.

next year will start tieing trips into themes.

we did bear hunt at the park.

want do under sea and visit aquarium.

she loves being outdoors an cookery.

invested in lots themed usbourne activity books simple sticker books

trying put together fun frozen learning unit as she loves it.

will continue with phonics and early readers alongside lovely stories.

we literally have letters everywhere woodednm magnetic, rugs walls felt , threading letters, cut out letters stencils.on look out letter cookie cutters .Thourght if letters and words all around she cant escape it.

I do need make start o high frequency words and get through other letter sets in coming weeeks.

I possibly need shut off from what freinds say about their respective schools. most are tired and tearful where as we get take adavantage any nice weather and take breaks. when its rains we can cuddle op on sofa with hot choc and read a book.

going try guitar and recorder next.

hoping giving her wide range activities and expereinces will help.

nursery schools is god but hard for her being oldest one there.

might be different if she was younger in year not sept birthday.

shes getting education suitable for her age, trying to do some stuff that interests her as thats half the battle.

we been doing some american literacy curriculum based on classic childrens books.

unplugyourfamily.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/a-detailed-review-of-five-in-row.html#.VEqlVSLF_u0

looking at additional maths curriculum too as its seems very basic and think shes capable of more..

looked at usa kindergarten which starts age 6 but does reception level work.

At both the school I work in and DS's school they are at a similar stage:

Phonics:
Most phase two sounds
Learning some key words by sight
Mostly wordless books, some children getting books with words

Writing:
Recognising and writing own name
Letter and number formation

Maths:
Counting and recognising numbers 1-20
Matching numbers and quantities
Counting backwards and 1 more/1 less
2D and 3D shapes

Lots and lots of social and self care stuff

DS has also been doing number bonds to 5 and 10.

i cant see any mention number bonds r curriculum is it labelled representing numbers 1-20?

found this on pinterest so add number bonds to maths list

www.pinterest.com/explore/number-bonds/

so it seems some schools are ahead of others on phonics at this stage.

Our school do Read Write Inc a day comparing it to the scheme you are using my daughters is midway through phase 3 at this point. She's brought home her first set of CVC words over half term a day can easily decode the ones that follow phonic rules and knows most of the sight words.

Numeracy - She's covered number bonds to five and is starting on number bonds to 10

Has grasped the concept of add +, subtract - and equals =

Can count and recognise up to 30 but gets a bit muddled after that

has covered and understand
shapes
smaller and bigger than
measuring and basic recording ( five bar gate style)

She been completely transfixed by their topic this term which was Dinosaurs. She knows all about herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, dinosaur names and classifications. It's been amazing to see her so engaged.

Recall of number bonds isn't in the reception curriculum,although some children may well know them.

At this stage it's more important to develop an understanding of addition and subtraction that to know the number bonds by heart. If they are calculating, it's expected that most children will need to use objects or perhaps a number line to help them count on and back.

I imagine learning number bonds (DS doesn't call them that) is incidental to doing counting rhymes on their fingers.

Why are schools teaching children words by sight [sigh]

I'd have thought that answer to that is pretty obvious mrz!

It's not at all obvious. They are not supposed to be doing it.

They do it because they believe it helps children learn to read.

Except that it actively hinders some children in learning to read and those that do learn to read with word lists would learn just as well without them.

If teachers believe that sending home word lists helps children to learn to read, then it does call in to question their subject knowledge slightly.

Funnily enough DS's teacher was singled out for praise in a recent Ofsted report for how well they teach reading

DS has done to the end of phase 2 jolly phonics, has books with words in (VC and CVC, the odd plural), and a word card to read. Numbers to 20 mostly but have been talking about bigger numbers. A bit of addition. Practising correct letter and number formation, measuring length, 2D shapes, dot to dots.

I'm a TA in reception, we haven't started any formal teaching of phonics etc. yet. We're a very play based setting and have used the first 8 weeks to allow the children to settle in, get to know us and each other, for us to get to know them and assess at which level each child is. Obviously we've been encouraging letter, word, number recognition during their daily activities but it'll only be once we return after half-term that we'll start with the phonics sessions, reading books etc.