Year 1 and 2 - Supporting your child at home
Useful Websites
www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk
Recommended Reads . . .
Funny bones by Allan Ahlberg
Duck in the Truck by Jez Alborough
Watch out Big Bro's Coming by Jez Alborough
Rumble in the Jungle by Giles Andreae and David Wojtowycz
Whatever by William Bee
Tasty Poems By Jill Bennet
Oi! Get off Our Train by John Burningham
Beegu by Alexis Deacon
How to Heal a Broken Wing by Bob Graham
This is Bear by Sarah Hayes and Helen Craig
Trust Me, Mum! by Angela McAllister and Ross Collins
Not Now, Bernard! by David McKee
Tips for Reading with your Child
Make time to share books with your child.
Listen to them read, listen to audio books together and try to chat about reading
Have a range of reading materials available - books, websites, magazines, newspapers, apps
Be a role model and show how reading can help you follow your interests
Research things together. Use the internet, the library as well as books. Talk to them about
what information will you use and how you know you can trust your sources
Questions to ask. . .
Take a break at a full stop
Look at the illustrations
Say the word like a robot then blend it
Re-read the sentence to see if it makes sense
Break the words into chunks
Point to each word
Have a guess
Look at the punctuation see if it will help you understand the meaning
Useful Apps
Art Set
math 5-7
Moldiv
Numberjacks
Mr. Thorne's spell book
Pirate Treasure Hunt