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This is a useful prompt to ensure that Reading is covered and taught effectively towards the month age band.

2. Reading www.earlybirdyeducation.com
Create an inviting book corner, go with the child's interest and follow the theme e.g. space, under the sea, forest. Ensure that it is welcoming by providing ascetics e.g. cushions, bean bags, cuddly bears, listen station, story bags. Make sure that the book corner has a wide variety of genres, book sizes and topics.
Ensure that it is a language rich environment. Make sure all areas of learning are supported by books, pictures, puppets and props.
The more exposed children will be to text available in their environment the sooner the will recognise and develop an understanding of the meaning of text.
Provide story time with the children every day. Allow children to relate the stories to their own personal experiences and ask questions about what they are listening to.
Talk about the characters, structure, words and main events of the story.
Make sure that a wide variety of books are being read and don’t be afraid to engage the listener through props, animation and expression.
Reading
• Enjoys rhyming and rhythmic activities.
• Shows awareness of rhyme and alliteration.
• Recognises rhythm in spoken words.
• Listens to and joins in with stories and poems, one-to-one and also in small groups.
• Joins in with repeated refrains and anticipates key events and phrases in rhymes and stories.
• Beginning to be aware of the way stories are structured.
• Suggests how the story might end.
• Listens to stories with increasing attention and recall.
• Describes main story settings, events and principal characters.
• Shows interest in illustrations and print in books and print in the environment.
• Recognises familiar words and signs such as own name and advertising logos.
• Looks at books independently.
• Handles books carefully.
• Knows information can be relayed in the form of print.
• Holds books the correct way up and turns pages.
• Knows that print carries meaning and, in English, is read from left to right and top to bottom.