Bedtime with Nanny. - Page 3

garinda · 26-07-2005, 17:13

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Originally Posted by apest1

Originally Posted by jpest1
I must be getting old! I agree with rindy. My older sister taught me to read when I was 3. At the age of 5 I had to join the adult library at accy because I had read all the books in the childrens library. My favourite set of books was 'Swallows and Amazons' the film was shown on telly last week and yes I watched it and enjoyed it. Very un p.c. but who gives a damn. And I'm 49.
The she tryed it on me ,But it did not work, so i ended up on the Beeno and the dandy

She sounds a very nice sister, she could have made you read Twinkle and Bunty, then where would you have been?

Margaret Pilkington · 26-07-2005, 20:44

The 27 million that this scheme is going to cost would be better used to revert to the old teaching methods......phonetics has proved to be a vastly superior system of teaching children to read.
Reading is a core skill and no other real learning can take place until a child has learned to read.
I often wonder what more I could have achieved if I had learned to read earlier.

grego · 26-07-2005, 20:55

I agree, parents who will read to their kids will do so without the free books. I was given a pack a couple of years ago with a couple of free books, they had been donated to Sure start I think, anyway Ellie was already a member of the library and loves books, hopefully she always will.