National Literacy Strategy Magnetic Words for Years 3,4&5 DOUBLE PACK Key Stage 2

Great for early learning at school good for practising

Got these for my grandson. He loves them. He uses them to entertain himself in the kitchen whilst my daughter is cooking. Not only is he learning words, he uses them to create pictures & shapes. Well made.

I got these for my son who is in reception, they are good quality, and seem durable and are the perfect size for his hands. They contain all but 8 of the words he has to learn this year.... the bonus though is he has learnt 8 extra words!! He has a magnet board and loves using them as bricks to make word walls and bridges, so is very familiar with the words all ready. He is beginning to make sentences putting the words together. I would highly recommend these as a fun learning aid to help your child at home!!

I found these magnetic words really useful. Being able to move the words around allows simple little sentences to be formed, and has helped my child recognise words thus improving their reading.

Small but good enough. Easy to put on and take off. Good for 4 year old phonics learning

Good magnets but the words you’re given aren’t really useful for making interesting sentences. Also there’s an “if” but not enough modal words to make proper if statements, I’m also looking for more pronouns to actually use as subjects! What’s the point? Not as a vocabulary list but something to MAKE SENTENCES WITH.

I have to think of new ways to motivate my son to read more. He has ADD so his attentions is not that good compaired to the average child. I got them for my 6 year old and he loved just being able to slit the words from the pack and read them as he puts them on the fridge. He then spent sometime forming sentences with the words then reading them out. I love this as I can think of many games that I can play with him to allow him to basically practise reading the words and have more confidence with them. Games like... choose a word and keep it if you get it right. Sort out 10 words in alphabetical order and get a point. Sort the days of the month in the correct order. (This could be in the other packs as I ordered pack 1,2 & 3) How many words can you read in 1 min. You can buy magnetic paint from a few DIY shops to paint on your wall and these letter stick well to this! You can also get magnetic paint with blackboard to allow you to have the magnetic and black board to write with chalk. Paint one wall in their bedroom and educational fun for writing, reading and art for ever!!! I may consider buying more of these so that he can have them also upstairs in his bedroom for his magnetic blackboard painted bedroom wall.

I already had the Reception words pack from the same series - this pack doesn't contain the 45 most common words that kids are supposed to be able to sight-read by the end of Reception. I would recommend buying that pack first then buy this pack once your child can read those ones confidently. I bought this pack for my son as he went into Year One, and it's very useful in helping him practise the words he'll need to be able to sight-read next. I keep all the packs in a biscuit tin with a big square lid, so that he can use the lid as the 'magnetic board' when he's sentence building with them. The words themselves are small, so it's not a suitable present for very young children.