There is no more important foundational skill than reading.
Big Z, little Z, what begins with Z? I do. I'm a zizzer zazzer zuzz, as you can plainly see.
I've not chosen to learn to read print. I can read simple words but it's so tedious.
For a lot of kids, reading is not magical. It's really hard work.
My very first school was a primary school in Surrey. I remember being taught to read by the traditional ABC, instead of look-say - that is, whole words at a time - which was fashionable when my children were at school.
Most of us learn to read by looking at each word in a sentence - one at a time.
Learning to read clusters is not something your eyes do naturally. It takes constant practice.
My grandmother taught me how to read, very early, but she taught me to read just the way she taught herself how to read - she read words rather than syllables. And as a result of that, when I entered school, it took me a long time to learn how to write.
That's capital L, small a - no space! - capital C, small h, a, n, z, e.
Ma sex game is stupid, my head is the dumbest, I promise, I should be hooked on phonics.
I am a slow reader. I always loved words, which is a strange thing given that I couldn't actually read them.
