I have my dd who is in Yr1 and was put on the Early Literacy Support(ELS) programme in November when she was age 5 and half. She was enjoying reading at the time and read books after school. She was however beyond her peers but having been to the guided reading in her class I thought she was reading well for her age and better than most, who were never pu on the progamme. She was on stage 2 of the ORT and this would have been after the long summer holiday. Anyway to cut story short I have since noticed that the ELS programme is focused on sounding out words and my dd is really struggling now with her reading. She seem to be trying extra hard to break down a word, So for a simple word she read before well like cat, she now sound it out as c-a-t. Now she takes quite along time to read and and her comprehension skills which were once brilliant before the programe have been wiped off. The reason being too much concentration on getting the words right. The library books we used to read have been chucked away and she rather prefer watching tv and dread to read as much as I try to help her. I do not think this programme is doing any good but more harm to my little dd who I think would have been by now reading the level 4 ofthe ORT which she is currently on. With the 20 minutes that they get if they had been reading normally without decodings and phonics I think she wowuld have been possibly be far ahead. Coming to the spellings dd seems to be using the phonemes knowledge like for people it will be pipol and for why it will way. Some words are not always sounded out and she also had that concept before the programme. I saw her teacher yesterday and she told me to see the TA as she didn't know herself. On asking the TA she told me my dd was doing well and that she was improving. I asked her that would that not still be the case considering that her mind is developing and on the comprehension she just blashed out and instead questioned me back if I discuss the story with dd after reading which she is not interested. I have asked my dd if she likes ELS and she has said its boring several times. Now its easy to put a blame on someone but I am here looking here for thoughts. I have read some posts here with many positive about it but am not sure if this is going to be a success.