Reading with your child

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

Reading games throughout the day

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

• Play I-spy

• Sing songs, recite rhymes and tell stories.

Reading• Read to your child• Tell your child stories – from books,

from your childhood or ones 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• Choose books together

• Choose books your child can read to you

• Choose books you can read to your child

• Choose some books for yourself.

• Read to your child

• Talk to your child

• Let your child see you reading.