1. Supporting Your Child with Reading Parents Meeting 5 th 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?”

6. How we teach reading at school Time to love books (book areas, time to read and browse through books) Repetition Through all curriculum areas Core Books and Power of Reading texts Direct instruction through shared reading sessions using big books Guided reading sessions weekly in Reception/ Daily in Year One and Two - Video Story times Games/ resources/ activities

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

8. What can parents do? 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 to your child * Listen to story CDs/ MP3s – in the car or at home * Let your child see you reading for fun and function * Talk about stories * Tell your child stories * Read that same book together a million times! Practise makes perfect * Support your child with spelling/ reading tricky words and help them with their phonics * Read lots of different types of things- news papers, magazines, recipes, online books, cereal boxes, books!, kindles, comics, print in the environment etc etc etc….. * Go to the library * Listen to your child read their reading book, follow the suggested 3 or 7 day plan and return it on time * Log on to the bug club and read the provided books

9. Using the internet to support your child’s reading There are many free resources and games on the web…. http://www.magickeys.com/books/ http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/onlinestory.htm http://www.wordsforlife.org.uk/?gclid=CIy73sH307UCFUfMtAodKG4AeQ http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/ http://www.primarygames.com/reading.php http://www.smartygames.com/ http://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/GetReading http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/parents/primary_support/