Hi there
My DD is 4 in a few weeks. I had a bit of a shock the other day when one of her friends came round, he is about 5 months older than she is and he was reading aboslutely fluently. All of her books: Spot, Maisy, Peppa Pig and quite tricky words as well.
I know DD's pre-school is not teaching them to read. She is due to start reception in September. She does write all her letters and knows all the sounds. She also writes a lot of her friends' names and our names by herself. But to be honest, she doesn't seem to be overly interested in reading. She very much wants to write and draw.
Is this unusual?
Yesterday, I tried to start reading a simple book with her and she does seem to be getting it slowly. Could anyone recommend any good books to teach kids to read? Jolly Phonics or suchlike?
Maybe I am panicking because she gained admission into quite an academic prep school and wondering whether she will be lagging behind. Or do prep schools just start from scratch teaching reading and writing, and assume the pupils all have different ranges in ability at this point?
Thank you
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S999 · 08/04/2010 11:30
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