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can anyone recommend alternative reading books to ORT for dd, age 6, that we can try at home?

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lucykate · 10/06/2008 16:56

dd has not found learning to read comes naturally, she is currently in year 1 and on ORT stage 6.

there are many in her class who are up to stage 10 and beyond and she's starting to feel a little left behind. i also have concerns as she only reads in school once a week, and therefore only changes her book once a week, meaning progress is becoming very slow, and as we read with her most nights, she is becoming bored. as some of the others in her class read more frequently, i'm concerned that she has been pigeon holed as far as ability goes, so would like to spend some time, at home, helping her move forward with her reading.

can anyone recommend a set of books, she is a very girly girl, likes fairies, princesses etc, are there any books available she might find more engaging than biff, chip and floppy?!

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barnstaple · 12/06/2008 12:15

lucykate, the rainbow fairies were recommended to me by someone who said they got her daughter reading by herself. She would read one page and her daughter would try the next, and was so keen on the stories that she really wanted to, it wasn't a chore. I tried them with my dd, who OK at reading but wasn't enthused. It worked, and now, at 8, she is one of the best readers in her class - though I am sick to death of fairy books!

Romy7 · 12/06/2008 12:16

Titchy witch

Ours had got buried under the rest of the 'library' but have just resurfaced - they are all re-reading them and laughing like drains because the cat is called 'Catabogus' or something...

DS1 is yr 1 and he likes them too...

the Horrid Henry's are great (we buy them as birthday pressies for girls too) and the younger readers one is a good way in.

on that note - I've spent a fortune on books, mostly because I can never get myself organised to go to the library (when we do manage they all come out with armfuls) - so I'd really advocate the cheaper option! DD1 eats rainbow fairies in about twenty minutes and that's £4 gone.

we've also got

Little Princesses (round the world series)
Tiara Club (yeuch)
Worst Witch
Pony-mad Princess
Brambly Hedge

as well as anything Julia Donaldson that they now read themselves

and a gazillion others.

Library! Enjoy rummaging!

Fortunately

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