The Seymour House Reading & Writing Programme
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As part of our 'Prepared for School' programme Seymour House have developed a reading and writing scheme for children showing pre-reading readiness and basic pencil control. The scheme will not only support your child in taking the first steps in learning to read and write, but also in learning to love literature.
It is essential that there is continuity between home, nursery school and school to support your child with these vital skills. Please see the instructional videos above to learn more!
Resources
The Seymour House Reading and Writing Scheme is primarily a phonics based approach to reading, with elements of whole word recognition for 'tricky words' which do not conform to the basic phonetic rules. Correct letter formation is introduced alongside the teaching of sounds. The Seymour House Reading and Writing Scheme comprises of four resources that are given to parents to share with children at home as well as in the nursery.
Sound Sets
The Sound Sets teach your child
the 42 main letter-sound correspondences. When
introducing letters to your child it is important to use
the letter sound and not the letter name, this is
following guidelines from 'Letters
and Sounds, Principles and Practices of High Quality
Phonics'. Letters are not introduced in
alphabetical order, but in an order that allows your
child to make many simple words using the letter sound
correspondences already taught.
For examples and
tutorials please see the Phonics
training video.
Word Banks
For a tutorial on the Word Banks and advice on blending, please see the Word Banks Training video.
Letter Formation Workbook
Correct letter formation is
encouraged through the Letter Formation Workbook.
Here children have the opportunity to learn and to
practice the formation of letters. Don't forget to
watch out for Seymour Mouse throughout the book!
You can view examples from the workbook by clicking
here or for more information on letter formation see the
Letter Formation training Video.
