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Reading with your child

Reading together every day and having fun with stories will make your child a more confident reader.

Top tips for reading with your child

Share picture books, comics, poems, rhymes,

songs…

Sharing a book for just ten minutes a day can

make a huge difference to language

development, confidence and social

skills!

More top tips!

Find a quiet place. Turn off televisions, tablets and computers.

Bedtime is a good opportunity.

Talk about the pictures, ask questions about what your child can see.

Most importantly, have fun!

Reading games through the day• Sing songs, recite rhymes and tell stories,

true or make-believe!

• Look for letters and words in the world around you when you are out and about (signs, adverts, wrappers…)

• Play I-spy-with-my-little-eye…!

• Talk about photos and pictures – tell stories from your family life.

Reading

• Read to your child.• Tell your child stories – from books, about

your life and their life, or share stories that you’ve made up!

• Talk about the books you’ve read.• Look for rhyming words when you read.• Let your child see you reading.

Visit your local library• Libraries are child-friendly – you don’t

have to keep quiet!

• Libraries don’t charge fines for books taken out on children’s cards.

• Choose books together.

• Choose books you can read to your child.

• Choose books for yourself.

• Read to your child

• Talk to your child.

• Let your child see you reading.

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