Reading help... VERYnegative teacher

[AppleHEAD]

My dd's teacher this week in my first ever parents evening described her as vacant. I have no faith in this woman so have decided to do as much at home as possible. Can anyone suggest a reading scheme I can get hold of. I have tonnes of REAL books and some jolly phonics stuff but I want something simple and nice.

That makes sense, but tracing can be used to teach children the correct movements as can following dotted lines if used well. Personally I think that too little attention is paid to teaching children to form letters correctly.

Sorry op getting off the point.

I agree cornsilk but tracing only works if it is done with an adult ensuring the child is starting in the correct place and following the correct sequence of movements so to me it is just as easy to give the child lined paper.
I teach my class to say a "formation chant" as they make the movements each time we write the letter (rote learning I suppose) until it becomes automatic.

Well I'm not a teacher! My DD got caught out when she changed schools in September. At the new school, all the children have been taught to start each letter 'from the line'. My DD is the only one who doesn't do this because it's not how she's been taught!

So, I down-loaded the dotted font and sat at the kitchen table doing it with her. As Mrz has pointed out, left to her own devices, she was quite happy to start anywhere and just cover all the dots. I kept taking her back and getting her to start each letter correctly (from the line).

So far so good. I think tracing/dots help enormously but I do agree - adult supervision is required for it to be effective.

We say ~whooosh (from the line up to the letter) then have different chants for each letter so for "o" we would say ~ whoooooosh, round, round and join (across if you are adding the joining exit) "h" ~ whoooosh, up, down, down, up a bit, over, down and flick IYSWIM

"Whoosh, up, down, up and over, around and down and fliiiiiiick"!

Got it!

I hope this helps Apple's little one with 'd' formation!

d ~ whooosh round, up, up, down, down and flick

She likes a good woosh then again don't we all. Thanks again for all the support...I am no longer as depressed about the vacant teacher