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Alexnikov

Queen_of_NO_MATTER_WHAT wrote: »

well I've been faffing about with my blog layout and I wish I'd left it alone now grrrr I can't get the header right so I've abandoned it for tonight. Liverpool are playing so I'm a football widow and boyf has his head in his hands cos they are losing opps

Doooooooom Tis rubbish being a Liverpool fan at the moment!

choccymoose

retro_bluebell wrote: »

thats good that they have done that though as theres nothing worse than pushing kids that young into something they dont want to do...it just turns them against learning. Jasmines teachers said I can start phonetic books with her as she thinks she will pick up reading really easily but I dont want to push her too much you know? I hate it when kids are hot housed, they need to be little kids for a bit

Luckily I'm an early years advisor for the local authority and work across the schools, nurseries and childminders with children up to the end of reception. I am very much into the creative curriculum and lead on outdoor play, forest school etc. Always struggle when it comes to my own children though. Which phonics books are you going with,

oh and to keep on topic I am sporting a rather lovely fuffly pink dressing gown and winnie the pooh nightshirt, you can't beat winnie the pooh :rotfl:

retro_bluebell

I have no idea choccy erm do biff, chip and kipper books count? I will probably ask the MIL as she teaches reception to see how best to start, though Im sure she will try a take over (rolls eyes)

got-it-spend-it

Evening lovely ladies!

I'm very much enjoying reading about all your outfits, bargains and other musings!

Today's outfit, for the glamour that was baby clinic then a trip to IKEA:

Brown Cords- Tesco, £8
Black and Grey Striped Long Top/Dress, Asda, £6
Short Sleeved Grey Cardi- Peacocks, £14
Bronze Plaited Hairband- Peacocks, £2.50
Jazzy Scarf- Primark, very cheap!

I'm off to investigate lovely coloured tights on La Redoute now....

Queen_of_NO_MATTER_WHAT

Alexnikov wrote: »

Doooooooom Tis rubbish being a Liverpool fan at the moment!

tis for him 2 - 0 down to wigan

choccymoose

Retro, just go with the flow, and yep biff ,chip and kipper (Oxford reading tree) can be linked into phonics easily. Can give you further tips around letters and sounds and phonic work if you would like via pm or facebook all fun and creative :-)

xxvickixx

Hello,
Retro - glad it went well, how old is Jasmine? I know TV is the root of all evil (along with sugar) but we do watch it sometimes! There's aCbeebies programme called alphablocks which is based on phonics and Dylan loves watching it and it's teaching us the rules again so we can help him along. I'm thinking about phonics books too so let me know how they go down.

Oh Choccy, might be tapping into your expertise - I have some concerns about Dylan going to school following issues I had.

retro_bluebell

Vicki shes 4 in 2 weeks.
Choccy that would be great thanks any advice you have would be most appreciated...Im sure we are doing most of the stuff already anyway, her teacher said tonight that she could tell she gets a lot of exposure to books and gets read to a lot as she has a great imagination and a wide vocabulary...she cant help getting into books in this house its what we all are into! And we have many Oxford reading tree books from when the boys were younger, so I have been reading them with her and pointing to the words as I say them etc...its daft I have done all this already with the other 2 but you forget really easily lol

ETA they do jolly phonics at her school if thats any help?

choccymoose

No worries Vicki, give us a pm and I will do what I can xx

xxvickixx

Ah, don't know if Alphablocks is too basic then - 4 is very grown up!