Margaret is always right, I think. A good book, or even just something the child likes to read. One of mine like crisp packet ingredients and the certificate descriptions on films. Things with mild peril were popular.
Margaret would like to remind the DfE and Ofsted that young children do not need all books to be phonetically decodeable.
Margaret has seen reading schemes come and go.
She's seen initiatives come and go.
The secret of learning to read?
"It starts with a good book, Geoff!"