1. Parent workshops for Earlier Years

2. Why read with your child?

3. Why read at home?
Research shows that when children read with an adult at home, children find learning to read easier and usually become better readers.
As parents you are your child's most influential teacher with an important part to play in helping your child to learn to read.
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4. What children say about reading
I get my Daddy all to myself when he reads to me
When Mummy reads to me I feel warm and cosy
I am proud when I read to my Mum,she helps with some words
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5. When and How to share a book

6. When? Set aside a special time each day
Share books when you and your child are in a relaxed mood.
Ten minutes a day is enough
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7. How to share a book
Hold the book so that your child can see the pages clearly
Ask your child to point out things they know in the pictures…chat about the story
Repeat common words together
Make the stories interesting by using expression, voices and changes in pace.
Re Read your child’s favourite books
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8. Things to show your child

9. Show your child how to do these things
Where the title and the author is on the cover
Turn the pages
Where you start reading on a page
The left page comes before the right page
You read from left to right and return sweep at the end of a line
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10. Can your child do these things?
Can your child point to the words as you read ?
Can your child find any words in the book he/she knows?
Can your child tell you the story from the pictures?
Can your child tell you what’s going to happen next
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11. Letters and Words Can your child point to a word
Can your child point to a letter
Can they count letters and words
Can they find a capital letter or a full stop
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12. Can your child find a first letter of a word and the last letter?
Can your child read a book to you after you have read it ?
Can you and your child read a book together?
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13. Letters and sounds and how we say them.

14. Working with sounds with your child and how to say them
Practise singing simple rhymes with your child
Get your child to practise finding letters in their name and saying the sounds they make
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15. Practise saying letter sounds and finding the letter for these sounds
Get your child to practise naming objects and saying the sounds they start with
Practise saying letter sounds and finding the letter for these sounds
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