Nine questions to ask your child

Here are some questions six to eight-year-old children who have reading difficulties tend to find challenging. These questions are not infallible so do not worry too much if your child has difficulty with them. If your child does find them problematic, and you have some other reason to think he or she may have a problem, then it is probably worth talking to your child's teacher.

1. If you take away the 'c' from 'cat' what are you left with?



2. Do 'pen' and 'pipe' begin with the same sound?



3. What word do we get if we put the sounds together: 's' 'a' 't' ?



4. What is the first sound in 'rose'?



5. Is there a 'k' sound in 'bike'?



6. What sound do you hear in 'meat' that is missing in 'eat'?



7. What sounds do you hear in the word 'hot'?



8. How many sounds do you hear in the word 'bake'?



9. What word starts with a different sound? 'bag' 'nine' 'beach' 'bike'.

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