Guest Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Hello Everyone, Hope you are all well and happy. I was wondering if anyone could help me or give me some advice. I have been asked by my local day nursery to attend a parents meeting they are having regarding reading. (I'm a teacher in Mainstream) Lots of the parents at the day nursery are hassling staff about why they aren't being given any reading scheme books (even when they are only three) The nursery have asked me to go and support them in sending the mesage to the parents that the children are not ready for reading at that age and then explain how and when we introduce the children to books. Has anyone out there ever done anything similar? Any ideas anyone? Thank you Boogie xx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennyjenkinz Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 hi Boogie, I have done something similar. Feel free to PM me and i'll send you the info i've got x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 I did something similar too- I am attaching the notes I wrote up for parents who couldn't be there, hope they are helpful! Hello Everyone, Hope you are all well and happy. I was wondering if anyone could help me or give me some advice. I have been asked by my local day nursery to attend a parents meeting they are having regarding reading. (I'm a teacher in Mainstream) Lots of the parents at the day nursery are hassling staff about why they aren't being given any reading scheme books (even when they are only three) The nursery have asked me to go and support them in sending the mesage to the parents that the children are not ready for reading at that age and then explain how and when we introduce the children to books. Has anyone out there ever done anything similar? Any ideas anyone? Thank you Boogie xx Reading_with_your_child.doc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 Thank you for your help. It will be really useful! Boogie x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Wolfie Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 I've just read a brilliant book called The Foundations of Literacy by Sue Palmer and Ros Bailey - very easy to read and sets out a simple seven stranded approach to preparing children for formal literacy learning, emphasisng the importance of developing oral language skills before moving onto written - if you can get hold of a copy, there's some really good stuff in there for your presentation! Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 I've just read a brilliant book called The Foundations of Literacy by Sue Palmer and Ros Bailey - very easy to read and sets out a simple seven stranded approach to preparing children for formal literacy learning, emphasisng the importance of developing oral language skills before moving onto written - if you can get hold of a copy, there's some really good stuff in there for your presentation! Good luck! Thanks Wolfie, I've got that book but for some reason I never thought about looking in it. Boogie x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Wolfie Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 There are some really simple messages in there that would be good to get across to parents...definitely worth a look! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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