Ladybird Keywords Reading Scheme (Key Words With Ladybird Series)

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Product:	Key Words With Ladybird Series
Date:	25.10.00 (2097 review reads)
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Advantages: They are clear and teach the child gradually. Cheap price too.

Disadvantages: Difficult to find stockists. Waterstones and Kendricks deffinately sell them

UPDATE: I have since found you can also order these books on most of the book websites and ladybird have their own site also. I would also like to add that even though I did state that some teachers do not like you to teach your child to read yourself. I am lucky that my son attends a school which actively encourage parents involvement. I have spoken with his teacher and explained what I am doing at home and she is more than happy for this to happen as long as we keep the school informed. The main reason for this is so that they know what my son is capable of and do not bore him by pushing him to read books that will be far too easy for him.
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The Ladybird Keyword books have been around for some time now. 30 years to be precise. And they have taught many children to read.

They are thought of some people to be out of date and old fashioned now but I think they are great.

Alot of children’s reading books now do not start of reading gradually. I have looked at many different reading books in many different shops and not found any as easy to use as the Ladybird ones.

I learnt to read with these books about 22 yrs ago I am now 26 and my sister and brother also did before me. My sister has bought the set to teach her children and is now on the second child learning to read. He is doing great. I have been teaching my son who is not four until December. He is picking it up really well.

The Ladybird key words reading scheme uses the most frequently met words in the English language -KEY WORDS- as a starting point for learning to read successfully and confidently. With this essential vocabulary established children are able to tackle more complicated reading.

* Once introduced, words are repeated in a variety of ways to help word recognition.

* New vocabulary is introduced alongside established vocabulary.

* Each book has a separate list of the new
words introduced, which can be used as check list, or to practice words out of context.

* The first 12 key words make up one quarter of those we read and write.

* 100 key words make up half of those we read and write.

* About 300 key words account for three quarters of those we read and write.

The books come in three parts. For example 1a, 1b, 1c. Then 2a, 2b and 2c and so on until 12c.

The 'a’ series gradually introduces and repeats new words.

The 'b'series provides further practice of these words, but in a different context and with different illustrations.

The 'c' series uses familiar words to teach phonics in a methodical way, enabling children to read more difficult words. It also provides a link with writing.

Each book costs £1.50 and they are sometimes difficult to find them in every bookshop. But I found that Waterstones and Kendricks both sell them. And both will order either individual books or the whole set for you if you want.

My son is currently just starting 4a and doing really well. The think I like about them is that they start of with one word then gradually build up to more which I found alot of other books just don't do. Also the print starts of large and then each book you go onto it gets smaller and smaller until the size of normal print in normal books.

The further you get through the series the more of a story you will find in each book. They are all about a brother and sister called Peter and Jane and their family and friends.

My son loves looking at the pictures although they are very old fashioned now as they were from the sixties and seventies originally.

I know alot of schools and teachers do not like you to teach your child at this age but I feel that they need to get ahead in their reading as how can a teacher spend that much needed one to one time with a child when there are more than 30 of t
hem in the class.

If my child can read then he will be able to develop better in other subjects, as he will be able to read more about them. He will also be able to enjoy reading some of the many great children’s books there are around. And let his imagination loose. Something that doesn't always happen when someone else is reading to you or you watch the TV.

Reading is important for our children and far to many are in schools now with no knowledge of even the easiest words. Mainly because there is not the time to spend with them that they need.

So I encourage all parents of young children to help give their child a head start. I will continue to help mine. Whatever the views of the teachers. True they may be ahead of some of their classmates. But I would rather that than them be stuck behind.

Have a go with these books they are a reasonable price and really work.

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I have now found some more ladybird books that are in line with the Keyword series. I have found them to be very useful too.

They are the read it yourself series in which the child is encouraged to read nursery rhymes to well loved stories.

These are in different levels and you choose the books to go with the particular level your child is on. For example:

Reading level 1: pre-reading

Old Macdonald’s Farm
The house that Jack built
Here we go round the Mulberry bush
What time is it Mr. Wolf?

Reading level 2: up to Key Words book 2c (if your child is learning to read using the keywords books mentioned above then when they have got to and finished 2c then they can read the following books)

Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Billy Goats Gruff
Hansel and Gretel
The Enormous Turnip
And many more…

Reading level 3: up to Key Words Book 3c

Three Little Pigs
Red Riding Hood
Puss In Boots

Dick Whittington
And many more…

Reading level 4: up to Key Words book 4c

Gingerbread Man
Jack and the Beanstalk
Cinderella
And many more…

Reading level 5: up to Key Words book 5c

Robinson Crusoe
The Magic Stone
Heidi
And many More…


All children have a great ambition to read to themselves and a sense of achievement when they can do so.

The read it yourself series has been devised to satisfy their ambition. Even before children begin to learn to read formally, perhaps using a reading scheme, it is important that they have books and stories, which will actively encourage the development of essential pre-reading skills. Books at level 1 in this series have been devised with this in mind and will suplement pre- reading books available in any reading scheme.

Children need to develop left to right eye movements and to perceive differences in word and letter shapes. Based on well-known nursery rhymes and games, which children will have heard, these simple pre-readers introduce key words and phrases, which children will meet later in reading.

The last couple of paragraphs were taken from the books themselves. I chose to introduce them to you to explain further the good work that these books do.

I found that my son absolutely loved them and he is really enjoying the fact that he can read about Old Macdonald and his farm full of animals all by himself.

If you are using the Peter and Jane series to teach your child I would definitely recommend buying some of these as they provide a well deserved break from the keywords books occasionally for your child and make them feel so proud of themselves when they see how easy it is to read another book!

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