Perivale Primary School & Children’s Centre Early Reading

Reading to your Child Perivale Primary School & Children’s Centre Research shows that children learn to read earlier and better, when they are read to regularly from an early age. Modelling Enjoyment Read to them 10 minutes every day Let them choose books Make it fun

At Perivale General provision Nursery Mobile library Reception Reading areas/Book corners/tents inside & outside Storytime daily Labels/posters/signs/word mats around classroom Phonic sessions Nursery Mobile library Reception New books every week-increased amount since Spring term Guided reading every week Individual reading as and when

Plastic letter games Perivale Primary School & Children’s Centre Help them recognise letters really fast Multisensory Fun Ideas Letter sorting Finding letters Making words Matching pairs

Direction Children may not know that: The story is in the print Perivale Primary School & Children’s Centre Direction Children may not know that: The story is in the print We read from left to right We go down the page Say: Where do we start? Which way do we go?

Pointing Perivale Primary School & Children’s Centre Children need to be able to point to each word as they read as this helps them: Match spoken word to print Notice spaces Distinguish words from each other Find the first letter of a word Say: Point to each word as you read Did you run out of words? Try again Hold their hand if necessary. NB: When they can do it well, let them stop as it slows them down.

Preparing for reading Picture walk Difficult words Read first page Perivale Primary School & Children’s Centre Preparing for reading Picture walk Difficult words Read first page

Prompts Perivale Primary School & Children’s Centre Things to say when your child gets stuck: What’s this letter? Does the picture help? What could it be? Try it again and see what would fit Where is Spot looking? NB: If they can’t get it after a few seconds don’t worry, just tell them and move on.

Prompts When your child makes a mistake: Perivale Primary School & Children’s Centre Prompts When your child makes a mistake: Let them read on – they might notice the mistake themselves! If not, go back to it and say: You said .....Does it look like....? You said .....Does that make sense? They will begin to listen to their own reading and correct themselves.

Helping your child read at home Perivale Primary School & Children’s Centre Helping your child read at home http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG-FOstzjAY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5YrPbDQWK8

Top Tips Perivale Primary School & Children’s Centre Read your child’s book with them little and often Read the same book lots of times until they become fluent at it Support your child to avoid them feeling stressed. This may mean you reading it to them the first few times. Make it enjoyable Praise them

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