Eddie enjoys learning his letters, and though he is still mixing up his Bs and Ds, Ms and Ns, he is enthusiastic and willing to learn, and that's what matters at this stage. His reading might not be perfect, but he's only 4, and he will get there. I know some of the children in his class are more fluent readers, some are less, and we, parents, should do our best to encourage our little ones in this big adventure. If teaching your child to read sounds a bit daunting, there is a very helpful educational tool called Alphablocks.
You might already know about it, if your children watch Aphablocks on TV. But there is also a fantastic Alphablocks Reading Programme available for foundation-aged children, which helps them to develop and progress with their reading skills.
We recently received part I of the reading programme, and have had hours of great fun, going through educational activity-packed magazines and playing with all the extras like stickers, letter tiles, flash cards and finger puppets. You can discover more about the programme, if you read my review of Alphablocks Reading Programme.
Kind people at Alphablocks have offered two Reading packages as prizes for my blog readers.
There will be two lucky winners who will receive a complete Alphablocks Reading Programme (usually worth £39.99 plus P&P).
To be in with a chance of winning, please enter the giveaway via Rafflecopter gadget.
T&Cs:
Only the first step is mandatory: all you need is answer the question by leaving a comment (if you login as Anonymous, please leave you Twitter name or Facebook name, so that I could identify you, I do not suggest leaving the email address in the comment)
All the other steps are optional, you don't have to do them all. All it takes to win is just one entry.
Only one entry per person is allowed (however, you can tweet daily to increase your chances).
The giveaway is open to the UK residents only. Once the Rafflecopter picks the winners, I will check if they have done what was requested. I will contact the winners, if they do not reply within 28 days, the prize will be allocated to another person. I will pass on the winner's' details to Alphablocks PR who will dispatch the prizes.
The giveaway ends on 3 January 2015 (midnight).
Good luck!
a Rafflecopter giveaway
Only one entry per person is allowed (however, you can tweet daily to increase your chances).
The giveaway is open to the UK residents only. Once the Rafflecopter picks the winners, I will check if they have done what was requested. I will contact the winners, if they do not reply within 28 days, the prize will be allocated to another person. I will pass on the winner's' details to Alphablocks PR who will dispatch the prizes.
The giveaway ends on 3 January 2015 (midnight).
Good luck!
My 2 year old daughter loves to read books with me. One of her favorites is Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, which is one of the best alphabet books I've seen.
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Where the Wild Things Are because the little boy in the book shares the same name as my son
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Guess How Much I Love You
ReplyDeleteAt the moment, "Monty's Christmas" - the book based on the John Lewis Penguin advert is a big favourite.
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ReplyDeleteMy 10 month old little girl currently loves 'That's not my monkey' while my 2 yr old boy loves any pirate books!!
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ReplyDeleteOur girls love The Gruffalo, Room on the Broom and A Squash and a Squeeze (my personal favourite!) and anything else by Julia Donaldson. :) x
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ReplyDeletethey all have different favourites but all love the gruffalo
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ReplyDeleteCurrently its 'I Love You Too' which we borrowed from the library and then had to buy as she loved it so much!
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ReplyDeletethe gruffalo. i'm a ctually a little bored of it now haha
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ReplyDeleteIt seems to change on a daily basis but Julia Donaldson books are always a favourite
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ReplyDeleteMy 4 year old daughter loves to read Room on the Broom with me or The Day Louis Got Eaten :)
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ReplyDeleteMy 2 year old loves Monkey Puzzle by Julia Donaldson, and another called 'Dig, Dig, Digging' which he can now almost recite off by heart he knows it so well!
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My little girl loves Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell
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ReplyDeleteMy grandchildren love to read anything and everything, but one book they come back to again and again is "Six dinner Sid" about a cat who is fed in six different homes
ReplyDeleteRoom on the broom is a favourite
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ReplyDeleteMy 15 month old daughter's current favourite is her In The Night Garden Pinky Ponk noisy book
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ReplyDeleteGreen Eggs & ham ~Dr Seuss. a firm fave in this house
ReplyDeleteWe love reading the hungry caterpillar together. My little girl has a toy caterpillar that she makes eat all the food as we move through the story.
ReplyDeleteMy daughter is only approaching her second birthday so she hasnt got a favourite - anything with big letters and pictures will do , but she absolutely loves letters - she will stop by any car which has got advertising on it and would be pointing at the letters wanting me to spell them out for her. She knows"o" already and she can spot it in texts immediately :)
ReplyDeleteJill Murphy's Whatever Next! It's a story I had as a child and I loved it and my son loves it too
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ReplyDeleteMy grandson and I love reading all his Dad's old Ladybird stories which he knows off by heart and won't let me change one word. If I try he goes 'No Nan its ......' and corrects me :)
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ReplyDeleteMy little girl's favourite book at the moment is 'Peace at Last'
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ReplyDeleteMy 4 year olds favourite is Monkey Puzzle :)
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ReplyDeleteI love reading all of Julia Donaldson with my girls, and my boys are into Stephen King! We are all big Book lovers in this house, but my youngest is obsessed with Alphablocks :-)
ReplyDeletePs I entered into the rafflecopter that my name on here was Carrie Talbot-Ashby, forgot I had my nic-name on here, sorry! :-)
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ReplyDeleteOo we have lots, but I think Zog by Julia Donaldson is top of the list!
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ReplyDeleteMy little one loves 'Zog' atm. But anything with dinosaurs or dragons makes her happy!
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ReplyDeletemy 3 year old loves all books, as does my 18 month old, they both got loads of books for christmas, for the last 4 nights though weve had to read hansel and gretel.. no idea why shes so attracted to it though :-/
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