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reading at home - floppy phonics and core word programme
Floppy phonics
Word of the week
Word of the week
Access Oxford reading tree materials at home to further develop your child's reading
Word of the week
Word of the week
Word of the week
If using the 'core word' programme - ask about their word of the week to support with extra learning at home!
reading in school is for everyone!
Sing and sway
Core word programme
The masked reader
Pre-reading and reading skills starts early at Kaleidoscope and where appropriate; children attend sing and sway sessions as part of their reading curriculum. They learn stories through rhyme, music and movement.
The masked reader
Core word programme
The masked reader
Reading is brought to life and made fun for the children. We recently ran a 'masked reader' competition as part of World Book Day 2025 and the children loved guessing who was hiding behind the book!
Core word programme
Core word programme
Core word programme
For some children, we take a different approach to reading -
"It is known that not all children learn to read or talk phonetically. Many children, often Autistics, learn to read whole words by memory and gestalt phrases to enable speech" - Sensory Classroom
Communication and Interaction
Core word programme
"It is known that not all children learn to read or talk phonetically. Many children, often Autistics, learn to read whole words by memory and gestalt phrases to enable speech" - Sensory Classroom