I have written a note in her communication book for the teacher in response to the note she sent home about making sure A completes her homework. I wasn't having any success with it and I really want to keep her positive. She already tells me that school is hard. I will talk to the teacher next week and sort out something - maybe reading eggs could count as homework for her because she will happily sit for over an hour doing that with me.

Trill, I have tried Jolly Phonics a few times over the last couple of years but the songs are too long and she has usually lost interest and wandered away by about E. I may give it another shot now that she is a bit more interested in letters though.

Thanks for all the input. I really wanted to make sure that phonics before sight letters was more appropriate before mentioning it to the teacher