Helpful+Hints

Helpful hints you can talk to your child about really important even if your children say they read better in their head. Reading simultaneously is enjoyable for you both, and reduces stress. From time to time you can drop out and let them continue. || Keyboard skills are invaluable for the child who finds spelling difficult. On the Writing page there is a link to a very good typing tutor. Some practise on this a couple of times a week will support what we are doing at school ||  || comfort level is essential and if you find a series they love, let them go for it. They will move to other texts in their own good time. Celebrate the fluency they gain this way with familiar characters and settings. || ﻿Strengths.  We all perform better if we are recognised and acknowledged for the strengths we have in other fields. This builds the self belief which flows over into the rest of our lives. ||  || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">described on the Spelling page, at home, <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">particularly the <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">333 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">method || <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Persistence <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Without this 'habit of mind ' <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">our kids are sunk. It's not enough to say <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">"Don't give up." Teach them to reflect on things that are not working after several attempts, and try again some other way <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">or with another tool. Ask what other strategy can I use? <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Who can help me? What other way could I look at the situation? ||  ||
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Partner reading <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">. Oral reading is still
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Choosing a book <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">together that is at their
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Helping with Spelling <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">- Use the methods