Key word peter and jane

Peter and Jane Book 1a Play with Us.
Original 1964 front cover, illustrated by Harry Wingfield

Peter and Jane Book 1a Play with Us, ISBN 1-84422-360-4.
Current edition, with cover styling updated in 2004 and the more contemporary late 1970s underlying artwork

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I have a boy of 6 now, when he was younger he used to love books, and choosing n looking at pictures, and asking what it said, than he went to nursery n then school, whilst there he was given a Oxford tree reading book, every week he was given a new book to take home, the first few books in the Series they were ok as they had no words just pictures,to tell the story, than he was given one to read with words in it, the story was disruptive, this it scared him a bit, as they all fell out of a banana boat, cause it popped, he doesn’t like seeing things get broken and they all got wet clothes, so he closed the book, n never read anything again, never looked at another book, since this went on from 4-5 we tried a few but he refused them all he went back to his baby board books and would only read n look at ‘Dear Zoo, this was too young for him but we made a book and I adapted it with height n scales to weigh n bought the toys to go with it, he was not getting very far as he knew the book by memory, so I ordered these Peter and Jane set, I explained that mummy used this to learn to read n speak English back in 78, lol
He loved the box set, and he started reading them and now he can read, it’s brilliant, we got his toy zomblings n we acted out the story we made a shop from paper and we named one Jane,as it helped as his friends mummy is also called Jane, the more we played the more he read, then he was just reading n the playing soon stopped, I never thought that we would accomplish this task before he reached 7, I thought he may of gone into his teens without knowledge of reading, but thanks to ladybird n the good old days Peter n Jane have taught muumy n son to read in less time than it took for nursery , school n de school out of a 6 yr old, he did this instantly, thank you Peter n Jane n ladybird,
They do a whole box set, of all 36 books at a cost £70, I have these too

These are fantastic, but I did return them as I found the entire 36 books online for twice the price of this small set.

I learnt to read with these, as did my husband. It seems fashionable to do this phonetic lark right now, and my mother has bought some of those too to compliment the Peter and Jane I purchased for my daughter. Peter and Jane are so much better! I can see the value of both, working out what new words say, but for the most part our language just doesn’t work like that (bone/gone..). I think it is SO important to recognise words on sight without having to think about and process the letters. These books repeat the same words, reorganise them so the sentences are different, build up the complexity slowly but steadily…

My daughter is excelling with these and is so pleased with herself. She turned 3 a few weeks ago and wanted me to read her a story. Unfortunately I had my hands full of housework and asked her when she would learn to read so she could read me a story. That was it, she was on a mission! I look forward to her completing the set.

My 3 year old has been showing an interest in reading lately by asking what words said as we came across them. Whilst almost all the advice I could find suggested NOT to start her reading before school because it could confuse her, I really didn’t want to let this enthusiasm die out — it was another 18 months before she started school which is a long time to defer answering her questions about words and letters.

So I bought this boxset because I remember these books from when I was learning to read myself in the early 1980s. I’ve not pushed my daughter at all and have left it totally up to her to ask to read when she wants to. I’m amazed at how well she’s come on. In 2 months we’re on to level 2 and she is now confidently reading all of the level 1 words, even out of context (i.e she will point them out on signs, in other books etc).

There are six books in this set — 1a, 1b, 1c then 2a, 2b, 2c. The «a» books introduce the new words for their series. The «b» books use the same words from that series but in a different context and also add some variations, such as «The» instead of «the» and «like» instead of «likes». The «c» books introduce writing / spelling the words from the series and are designed to be written in, like a workbook.

The boxset itself represents fantastic value over buying the books individually, even bearing in mind that the «c» books in each of the 2 series are of limited use at the moment as they are more focused on writing / spelling which is a bit beyond my 3 year old. I am fully confident that she will have mastered these first 2 series by the summer, leaving her a whole academic year before starting school to learn the rest of the key words, if she wants to continue of course.

I bought these for my 3 1/2 year old son as he’s been showing lots of interest in reading and can already blend words using the phonics system which he really enjoys. However I wasn’t sure how to progress with phonics as so many words can’t be sounded out phonetically. I wanted to get some simple books that he could cope with and that helped with learning high frequency words. These fit the bill perfectly. On the first reading he was able to read several pages (with a little help of course), and within 1 week he was able to read book 1b (the second book) with very little prompting. The repetition and simple story makes learning easy and really builds their confidence. Only a handful of words are introduced at a time so there is a lot of opportunity for recognition. The phonics system (jolly phonics) has been really good in helping him to learn letters/sounds and blending, but these books used in conjunction with phonics are fantastic. What’s more important is that he enjoys reading these and I think feels very pleased with himself that he can read a book ‘like a big boy’.

My 6 yo child’s reading has improved massively since using these books. She has begun reading fluidly and gets a great sense of achievement at being able to read through a book without having to sound out every word. This has started to bring joy back to reading. We worked through this box set but went on to buy the complete box set. These books arrive in a nice little box with handle and it is a good starter set. They do not fit in with school way of teaching learning to read but was a better fit for my child.