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when do they get books?

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MerlinsBeard · 18/09/2007 21:23

DS1 started school and is now in his first week of full days but 3rd week there. The playing part aside, he is quite bored. He came out yesterday and said they learned about the letter S but he already knew it and wanted to read. TA said no.

He is desperate to read and (without bragging) does recognise a few words...when do they step up teh learning a bit more?

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Tottie32 · 18/09/2007 21:26

my dd got book to bring home on first day

think n=my dd is bored even though she is the youngest, she went to a very small nursery and had looks of one on one teaching

Tottie32 · 18/09/2007 21:26

lots not looks

cba · 18/09/2007 21:27

ds2 has just started reception and started his reading books the last term in nursery. he gets a new reading book each day to bring home, i think this is standard in most schools.

i would have a polite word, perhaps ask what reading scheme they follow and how you can help, the teacher might then volunteer the information

ChasingSquirrels · 18/09/2007 21:28

They must do other stuff though? reading and letters are a small part of the day for him to get bored with.
ds1 can read reasonably well and his number is very good - but they don't seem to have actually done any work yet, at least not that he has recognised as such - which is great.
We haven't had any books home yet and are just continuing to read library books.

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MerlinsBeard · 18/09/2007 21:29

i don't want to appear to be a pushy mother but he is so desperate to read and they already did the alphabet in nursery!

will give it another week for everything to setle down and have a word then.

thank you

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Tottie32 · 18/09/2007 21:30

yeah it may take them a few weeks to find out different levels kids are at

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MerlinsBeard · 18/09/2007 21:32

CS, i am sure they do but i can't get much info from ds1 lol!

They do play a lot like nursery but he is really ready for actual learning. Am trying to get the balance right with knowing that its early days and i may oinly be getting part of the story

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ChasingSquirrels · 18/09/2007 21:36

they won't be doing lots of actual learning as you might recognise it though. If he is desperate to learn to read and knows his letters then start to teach him. Start sounding out cvc words (cat, dog etc) in books, letting him read bits and you read bits.
I know what you mean about not getting much out of them though, and most of what ds1 comes out with is definately complete fabrication.
I am sure they will settle down within a couple of weeks and you will get books home.

TheDuchessOfNorksBride · 18/09/2007 21:37

Our booklet about this years Reception Curriculum said reading books after half-term - but I had DD1 in Reception last year and she was getting books long before that. She was one of the eldest though so perhaps they grade the older childrens reading first with an aim to have everyone with books by half-term.

Anyway, it's soon enough!

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MerlinsBeard · 18/09/2007 21:43

he did nothing on his first week aparently, sat next to no one and the teacher said nothing not evenhello

CS, i don't know what cvc words are but we have already started to point out words that are in regular use - and, the, etc as well as some he likes - train, car etc

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ChasingSquirrels · 18/09/2007 21:45

sorry - constanant-vowel-constanant
so c-a-t, d-o-g, h-i-m, etc
words that you can sound out if you know the letter sounds.
Once they can do this you can move onto letter blends, so sh, ch, etc
then there are words that they just have to learn because they can't be sounded out.

TellusMater · 18/09/2007 21:46

DS didn't get a reading book until well into his second term in reception. Lots of jolly phonics bits and pieces though.

ChasingSquirrels · 18/09/2007 21:48

do you read to him every day? I think what is more important is reading and talking to them - him reading will come.
and lol at doing nothing and no body saying anything. ds1 apparently escaped from full school assembly back to the classroom (they didn't notice because some who looks like me stayed in assembly) to go and write secret letters because the school were counting to 100 class by class and it was boring because they were counting in 1's. At what point did I start to doubt that story was untrue

Butkin · 19/09/2007 12:17

Obviously you'll be reading to him every night anyway. If you acquire the books they are using at school (probably early phase Oxford Reading Tree - Chip and Biff books) you can start him on those - particularly the 3 letter words and names.

DD (4 1/2)started reception a couple of weeks ago and they get to chose a book from the library section of their room each Thursday which they can bring home for the week. These books seem quite tame but presumably are suited to their age. We realise that we have to go back to more basic books when she is learning to read - rather than the quite advanced ones we read to her at bedtime.

She also brings home 3/4 new flash cards each evening to learn with us and we notice that the first thing her teacher does when she arrives is to test her on those cards before she goes off to play. These flash cards all seem related to the Oxford Reading Tree.

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slayerette · 19/09/2007 17:36

Have read this thread with interest because although ds has come home with letters (which he has known since before he started pre-school in January) and key words, he hasn't had a sniff of a reading book yet...His diary today just said 'Letter sounds' - no further instructions. I wanted to write:

FFS HE KNOWS HIS BLARDY LETTER SOUNDS; GIVE THE POOR CHILD SOMETHING TO DO

but obviously I didn't

Might have a little chat to his teacher tomorrow though.

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MerlinsBeard · 19/09/2007 17:44

they came out with a library book each today lol!

Also a letter sauig they will be gettin gtheir pencil case of words and reading books v soon.

DS was so excited!

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LIZS · 19/09/2007 17:56

Think at ours was about half term before they had reading books , with lots of phonic reinforcement until then.

nkmum · 09/10/2007 11:03

Hi, My DS gets a book once in a week and the book has 5-6 words! thats it! Is it okay to ask the teacher to provide more books? I'm scared I'l be classified as a 'pushy' parent!

Theclosetpagan · 09/10/2007 11:07

My sister has worked in a pre-school and is now a TA in Reception year. She says that alot of the stuff is repetition of the previous year done in pre-school. There are some differences though. DS knows letter sounds but is now being taught them again using Jolly Phonics. This looks quite good and more involved than the nursery stuff. I collected him from school yesterday and he was repeating sssss sssss ssss all the way home and doing a snake movement with his hands.

He gets a new book every day which he picks when we go in at 8.50am. We read this at bedtime and talk about it.

Beyond that I can't say I know what he does because when I ask him he says "I did everything".

GooseyLoosey · 09/10/2007 11:14

Ds has complained to everyone that school has so far taught him nothing (I think we may have set his expectations too high).

They do bring home books for us to read together and pictureless books for him to narrate (which he does in a tone of extreme boredom).

They seem to spend ridiculous amounts of time learning rhymes to go with the Jolly Phonics system (which I have learned to loathe) but not much time so far learning how the letters work together.

Am feeling very old fashioned and dare not voice my concerns for fear of being seen as out of step with modern learning techniques (which is probably true).

Clary · 09/10/2007 11:18

Schools vary so much ("standard in most schools" eh?)

Our FS2 classes have started the older children (in separate class) on wordless books. AFAIK the younger children will not get a book until after half term.

Why not ask the teacher what's happening and why? If yr DS is bored, ask what he can do to stretch himself. There's a lot more to FS2 year than learning to read.

dayofftomorrow · 09/10/2007 11:19

unforunately there is still a culture of tending towards the average so a lot of reception age children (especially the older ones) can't progress until they have all settled in.

Might as well do your own thing and use local library and get on with it one to one. Will only take about 10-15 mins a day at most. Had to do this for three DC's as they were ready to go on to it and many in class weren't

Enid · 09/10/2007 11:24

once you know your sounds you get books in ours

lljkk · 09/10/2007 11:26

Weird -- DC school sends home word-less books at the very least, from about Week2.

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