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Help your child to read at home!
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Floppy saw a big bone. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Excerpt | Back Cover
Floppy saw a big bone. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Excerpt | Back Cover
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
My son had just turned 5 when we bought this and enjoyed this book, just as a story. His two year old brother enjoys it now. In the story Floppy the dog escapes all sorts of jungle animals with a simple trick, but how does he feel when the trick is turned on him?
The story is funny, well illustrated, and if you read many books this in this series, Floppy will quickly become a favourite with the children.
Although my son liked the story, what really made him love this book was the hidden object in each picture. In this case a frog. He loved searching through the illustrations to find the frog, and can still have some fun with this at age 6. My youngest son has also taken to these books and always enjoys looking for the hidden items. While you are meant to look for the frog, there are many other hidden items you can choose to look for to keep this interesting, snakes, bugs, butterflies etc...
What made me love this series of books though, was the fact that my son was quickly reading through the easier ones. Although I was mainly using phonics, I believe children learn best with a variety of methods. Oxford Reading Tree gets a great deal of criticism now, being blamed with all the reading difficulties in the country by some. The fact is, no matter what method schools employ, some children will have difficulties. Although I feel learning to break down words phonetically is important, I also think it is important for children to learn other methods as well. After all many words in English can not be read phonetically. This book, like others in the series uses repetition of familiar words, so that children learn to recognise the words by sight. It also uses clear clues in the illustrations to allow a child to guess at an unfamiliar word. While this will never replace phonics in my opinion, it certainly is a great boost to a child's reading ability, whatever method of reading you teach. This also has a useful page at the bag to match objects that rhyme. Each book in this series will have some activity on the last page.
When I saw how quickly my son was able to read these I was duly impressed. But what impressed me more was the fact that he sought these books out, sat down and taught himself to read them. I may have taught my son the skills he needs to read phonetically, but he taught himself to read by sight with Oxford Reading Tree. Not only that, both of my sons really enjoy these books, and to me, that is the most important factor.
The story is funny, well illustrated, and if you read many books this in this series, Floppy will quickly become a favourite with the children.
Although my son liked the story, what really made him love this book was the hidden object in each picture. In this case a frog. He loved searching through the illustrations to find the frog, and can still have some fun with this at age 6. My youngest son has also taken to these books and always enjoys looking for the hidden items. While you are meant to look for the frog, there are many other hidden items you can choose to look for to keep this interesting, snakes, bugs, butterflies etc...
What made me love this series of books though, was the fact that my son was quickly reading through the easier ones. Although I was mainly using phonics, I believe children learn best with a variety of methods. Oxford Reading Tree gets a great deal of criticism now, being blamed with all the reading difficulties in the country by some. The fact is, no matter what method schools employ, some children will have difficulties. Although I feel learning to break down words phonetically is important, I also think it is important for children to learn other methods as well. After all many words in English can not be read phonetically. This book, like others in the series uses repetition of familiar words, so that children learn to recognise the words by sight. It also uses clear clues in the illustrations to allow a child to guess at an unfamiliar word. While this will never replace phonics in my opinion, it certainly is a great boost to a child's reading ability, whatever method of reading you teach. This also has a useful page at the bag to match objects that rhyme. Each book in this series will have some activity on the last page.
When I saw how quickly my son was able to read these I was duly impressed. But what impressed me more was the fact that he sought these books out, sat down and taught himself to read them. I may have taught my son the skills he needs to read phonetically, but he taught himself to read by sight with Oxford Reading Tree. Not only that, both of my sons really enjoy these books, and to me, that is the most important factor.
Format:Hardcover
Really happy with this book and will purchase more of the same 'family'. Fun enough to keep my child's interest, with good parents' notes, but short enough for her not to lose interest before the end. She's not reading yet, but can recognise a couple of key words from the book and we're happy with that.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Follows on from ORT school reading books. Good story, good hard cover, excellent parent notes within the book, highly recommended.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Terrible, terrible title for a book
Floppy and the Bone is a story for everyone to relate to - Some days we are Floppy, other times we are the bone. Read more
Published on 16 Aug 2006 by Immachoor
Excellent buy
Follows on from ORT school reading books. Good hard cover, good story, excellent parent notes on back pages, highly recommended.
Published on 19 May 2005 by M. J. Deakin
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