Tips for Reading Together
Children learn best when the are haveing fun.
- Tell your child they are going to play a different game of ‘I spy’.
- On each page, read the instruction aloud, then ask your child to read the captions and sentences on the left hand pages and try to match them to the pictures on the right.
- Encourage your child to sound out the letters and say the words (e.g. l-i-d, lid)
- Your child will have to read carefully because there are some tricky pages!
- Do the odd one out puzzle on each page, and the spot the defference activity on page 22.
Find the odd one out on everey left hand page.
This book practises these letter sounds:
s a t p i n m d g o c ck e u r h b f ff ll
Read the sentence on this card. Which picture matches the card?
Dad is sad.
Read the captions on these cards. Which card matches the picture?
rats on a sack
cats on a sock
Read the captions on these cards. Which card matches the picture?
a hen and a bug
a hat on a dog
Read the sentences on these cards. Which card matches the picture?
Run in the sun.
Sit in the sun.
Read the sentences on these cards. Which card matches the picture?
A dog can sit.
A dog can run.
Read the sentences on these cards. Can you match each card to its picture?
A dog is a pet.
The dog is wet.
Read the sentences on these cards. Can you match each card to its picture?
Run and hop.
Run to the top.
Read the sentences on these cards. Can you match each card to its picture?
Biff is on a mug.
It is a big red bug.
Read the sentences on these cards. Can you match each card to its picture?
Biff is in a sack.
A doll is in a backpack.
Spot the difference
Find the five differences in the two pictures of Floppy.