It’s no secret that getting Monkey to read and write has been a struggle. It’s been at the bottom of his list of priorities; building train tracks is way more important, obviously. Since starting in Year One I can see real progress on the reading front. He’s gone up two reading bands in a term,…Continue reading Love letters from my son
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A first sentence
Some of you may have read my post from last week about our first family portrait as seen through Monkey’s eyes. It’s one of those pictures that will definitely make it to Monkey’s Memory Box. We had a note from school the week before last telling us that the children would start getting homework from…Continue reading A first sentence
Alphablocks Reading Programme
As you know Monkey started school in Reception in September and has since started to learn to read. It was a wonderful moment the first time he read a few words in a book. We’ve been trying to encourage him for months, and then one day it all started to fall into place. Over the last…Continue reading Alphablocks Reading Programme
One letter at a time
Yesterday so a big breakthrough, the next step in Monkey’s journey through life. He’s growing up, one letter at a time! As I’ve often mentioned, Monkey does everything at his own pace, from talking to walking. He is no hurry to zoom from one stage to another. He’ll get very frustrated when he can’t manage…Continue reading One letter at a time