DS2 has just started reception...he has gone from knowing a few sounds to being able to blend in under 2 weeks so Im so proud of him. DS1 was reading fluently before starting school so my perception of whats 'normal' or not is a bit off hence me asking this question.
He has been given 3 reading books so far but they only have a few decodeable (thats not the correct word Im sure but you get what I mean in it) words in them such as am, it, on etc. The rest are words such as I (which he does know) plus walking, talking, little etc. He is getting really stuck and Im not sure how to help him apart from telling him the word.
DS1 never got phonics at all-he just looked at a word and knew what it was whereas I think DS2 will do it all phonetically. Ive just ordered some Songbirds books from Amazon (Stage 1 and stage 2) so was going to give them a go as assume they will be more phonics based.