Want to keep the momentum going..

[Onebloodyjob]

So DD is summer born and not 5 til August. She's doing good though and loves school.. However she hasn't hit the targets for reading or writing. I'm jot massively worried but I'd like to do some work over the summer so she doesn't lose all what she's learned. Reading she knows all the letters and sounds and can sound out lots of words and then blend but is in no way fluent. How do I help with this other than just keep reading with her? Any other tips or ideas.. plus her writing is big and needs to be smaller so we can practice that. I think she finds it tricky as she's left handed..
Any tips or tricks welcome and any stories of summer born kids struggling a bit then doing well would be welcome too
(Her class has a few summer borns and they seem to be miles ahead. My DD has been praised for her concentration and ability to follow instructions and sit very still so not all bad)
Thanks

Write postcards? Holiday diary? Write each other secret messages? Shopping list? One of DD's favourites seems to be attaching notes to doors. My bedroom is currently hosting science demonstrations on Fridays apparently; hers says no brothers allowed.
I think just keep reading together is the main one there, do you have some phonics books or can you get them via a library? There's a lot available online too e.g. check out Oxford Owls. There are some fun phonics games online if you fancy that sort of thing, Teach Your Monster to Read was a favourite here, and Alphablocks from the BBC is good too (games and little videos).

Whatever you do make it fun! Don't just focus on writing but on fine motor control in general (find the coin in the play doh type games, colouring in, whatever she enjoys). When you do writing do little but often maybe write her name above a picture she's drawn and give it a title. With reading again little and often and centred around whatever she enjoys. My DS loved treasure hunts where I'd lay clues around the house for him to follow (clues can be really simple like "BED" then the next clue will be on her bed or more complicated depending on how her reading is).

Dd2 got a lot out of a pen skills book - no writing but lots of tracing and drawing to get her generally controlling her pen better. Drawing pictures helped too.

The only thing that helps develop fluency is regular reading and you’re doing that already so she should fly with it. Phonics readers would be best for this as you need decodable books (ones containing the letters and sounds she knows). My stepdaughter used to like to write notes to the fairies that lived at the bottom of the garden. Of course they always wrote back too. Enjoy.

Thanks all.. I guess we just continue what we're doing and it'll come good..