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Top Tips to help your child to enjoy reading

  • Go to the library – it’s free to join.  There are books, audio books and magazines for children.

 

  • Make time to read after school or at bedtime; reading together for 10 minutes makes books special.

 

  • Be positive and praise your child for what they do.

 

  • Follow their interests and let them read and re-read their favourite books

 

  • If English is not your first language, you can talk about picture books in any language or ask your library for dual language children’s books.

 

  • Be a positive influence by reading books, newspapers and magazines of any language.

 

  • Encourage your child to choose their own books, comics and magazines as soon as they can.

 

  • Make a special place to keep your child’s books; a book box or a bookshelf shows that books are cared for.

Try some of these sites to complete some Literacy activities!

www.ictgames.com

Family Reading For Pleasure

Booktrust - http://www.booktrust.org.uk

BBC - http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools

National Literacy Trust - http://www.literacytrust.org.uk

Oxford Reading Support - http://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/reading-owl/top-tips-for-reading

Silly, fun stories - http://www.sillybooks.net

 

Finding and Choosing Recommended Books for your Child

http://commonsensemedia.org/book-lists

http://www.goodreads.com/list/tag/childrens

http://www.timeout.com/new-york-kids/things-to-do/the-50-best-books-for-kids

http://www.scholastic.com/100books/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/list_of_children's_classic_books

http://www.nypl.org?childrens100