1. Supporting Your Child with Reading
Parents Meeting 4th December 9am
Welcome

2. Supporting your Child’s Reading Development
Facts about Reading
Reading is a vital life skill in our society
Reading is not easy to learn or to teach- it is a complex set of skills
Reading is needed for all areas of learning in school
Reading is not just using phonics to decode words
Reading can enrich your life - not just your knowledge, understanding and vocabulary
Children who can read well have higher self esteem

3. Frequent comments and questions… (and frustrations)
“I can’t get them to do it, they wont concentrate!”
“I get frustrated and we end up arguing”
“I’m sick of this book”
“They are just remembering the words- they can’t read”
“What’s the point of a picture book?”
“Why do we have the same book for one week?”

4. Central to all of it is a love for reading and that starts early
Central to all of it is a love for reading and that starts early. Babies love books!

6. How we teach reading in school
Time to love books with stimulating book areas with opportunities to read and browse through books
Repetition of familiar stories
Through all curriculum areas
Core Books and Power of Reading texts
Direct instruction through shared reading sessions using big books – focus on comprehension
Guided reading sessions weekly in Reception/ Daily in Year One and Two - Videos
Daily story times
Daily phonics sessions
Games/ resources/ activities

7. How to help your child at home
Video demonstrations
Questions and Comments

8. What can parents do? * Talk to your child
As with all types of learning children learn to read differently and at different rates but there are things parents can do to help ALL children to be the best readers they can be:
* Talk to your child
* Sing songs/ rhymes/ play listening games
* Read good books to your child whatever their age
* Listen to story CDs/ MP3s – in the car or at home
* Let your child see you reading for fun and function
* Talk about the stories as you read
* Tell your child stories – make them up, be creative
* Read that same book together a million times! Practise makes perfect
* Support your child with reading tricky words and with phonics
* Read news papers, magazines, recipes, online books, cereal boxes, books, kindles, comics, print in the environment – anything you can read
* Go to the library
* Listen to your child read their reading book, follow the schools suggested 3 or 7 day plan and return it on time
* Log on to the bug club and read the provided books
Story time books- don’t turn it into learning to read etc
Short, sharp and regular!

9. IPAD APPS – Collins Big Cat stories
Using the internet to support your child’s reading There are many free resources and games on the web….
IPAD APPS – Collins Big Cat stories