Thanks so much for the thoughtful answers - aeh, reading eggs does some phoenetics, a lot of word families etc. I looked at the reading rockets list, to be honest she can do everything on that list! so I guess she has the PA going, just not able to put it into practise?

2Gifted kids, they are the bob style books, I'll look at stepping stones, colouring in is a big hit here so that might inspire her.