I wrote in my dd reading record and now I wish I hadn't ...

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My dd is in reception and has been coming home with reading books that she already knows all the.
I left it because I thought she could "relax" and not have to try to hard to learn anything else and just get used to school etc
But the last few books she hasn't even wanted to read to me because she doesn't see the point!
I wrote a paragraph really explaining that I read every now and again with her using the blue and green Oxford reading tree books! Now I feel worried she will come home and get stressed that she doesn't know the words etc
Did I do the reght thing? I haven't actually told them to give her anything different and also said that I didn't want to rush her!
Opinions please??

First line should end in "words"

don't know in your school but my DS is in reception and they don't give him a new book until he has finished the last one. The only way your DD will make progess is if she has books that are more difficult so she can learn the new words!!

We spoke to dd's reception teachers last year about a similar problem. It seemed that dd was being turned off reading, because the books were so much simpler than anything she would read at home. She moved quickly through the next couple of levels.

We have loads of different kinds of books at home, none of them part of a reading scheme as such (as far as I know). At home we read for pure enjoyment, and I still don't have to worry about her school reading book.

Yes I know you're right, when we went to our first open evening they gave us the sheet of words for reception to learn this year. Our dd knew all but 8 so I planned on trying to get her to learn maybe 2 a week but she couldn't wait and literally seemed to know all of them within a few days! I suppose I don't want her to get ahead of herself and get upset at not knowing things. Then again I don't think she should be bored! I just want her to be happy!

don't stress concentrate on things she could be interested in instead

Put a little bit of trust in her teacher to be able to gauge the level of challenge your dd needs. No teacher should be pushing a child up reading levels purely on a parent's say-so, although I do believe that teacher-parent dialogue can be very helpful.

The thing is I've never pushed her to read which is why we only do it when she says she wants too. It could be every day for a week or not for a few weeks!
I thought if the school gave her books maybe more for her level (whatever that is, obvously I'm not a teacher!) then she might want to read more? Especially since it now seems as though it has sort of "clicked".
Also she now wants to do wordsearches since she saw an adult puzzle book in the shop. She found a few words!! I have now done some on the computer for her with words she already knows!

my son was obsessed with words from a young age, at that age be proud of what she can do and get her interested in other things like science?

I probably wouldn't be worrying at all if she was going into school happy everyday! She says it is too long and close to tears when saying goodbye. The teacher did say she asks when is it home-time a lot!! Then again I know she has made good friends some still from nursery and also some girls in the class above!!

Hi, i think you did the right thing in letting teacher know. I too have a dd in reception and she was getting very simple books which she was bored of and she also knew all but 9 of the key words list we were given. I mentioned to the teacher that the books she was getting were not challenging her and i told her how many of the words she knew. That day she went through the list with dd at school and put her straight up to stage 3 books. These are ideal for dd just giving her enough of a challenge without being too hard for her. I was so glad i spoke to the teacher as i honestly don't think they realised what level she was at. Maybe your dd's teacher could go through list with her and see what level she's at.

yes, ditto - if the teacher knows that your DD is finding the books too easy, she should be put up a level. The teacher should also be listening to your DD read & should be able to assess what level book is needed.

no point in her reading books that are too easy and she knows all the words, surely it makes sense to put her up a level or more where she will enjoy learning new words, strange . id see the teacher

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When i did my teacher training i was in reception a lot and the one thing that was drummed into our head so much was to listen to the parents - they know their child better than anyone!
Your childs teacher should try her with a more challenging book and see how she gets on with it!!!!

Thank-you everyone for your responses, feel quite happy now. There is a note in my dd reading book log to say they will be assessing all the childrens reading levels again over the next few days. My dd loved telling me she read a harder book at school today and the easy book she has brought home doesn't matter, but she did read it to me in about 30 seconds!!