How to Help Your Child Become a Confident Reader
How to Help Your Child Become a Confident Reader
Reading at Chalk Ridge
Here at Chalk Ridge, we believe that becoming a confident reader is the key to a child’s success at school. It is vital to foster a love of reading in children from the second they step through the door. Working in partnership, this is a goal which we can easily achieve. This leaflet will explain how you can help your child enjoy reading at home and outlines the ways we will support them in school.
Key Stage 1 (Years R, 1 and 2)
Encourage a Love of Reading at home by: Reading aloud to your child: discuss the words and pictures, share ideas about the book. Reading yourself: children who see adults reading (and enjoying it) are more likely to want to read themselves. Make sure your child is surrounded by books: make regular trips to the library to borrow books and visit bookshops to browse. Spend time talking to your child: talk whilst doing simple activities like cooking, making something or building a model. This helps children learn new words which they will then understand later when reading.
Reading with Your Child 1. Choosing What to Read Your class teacher will give your child reading books at an appropriate level. This includes real books and eBooks on www.activelearnprimary.co.uk You could also ask in your local bookshop or visit www.booktrust.org.uk and use their book-finder or list of new books. 2. Understanding Phonics With phonics, children are taught to read by learning the phonemes (sounds) that represent letters or a group of letters (graphemes). They will also learn ‘tricky words’ such as ‘once’ which don’t fit phonic rules. Games like ‘I spy’ or making words with fridge magnets will help with this.
3. Encouraging a Reluctant Reader
How we Teach Reading in School
If your child is not keen to read at home, don’t panic. Try the following then talk to your child’s teacher if you’re still having problems.
When children enter the school they are encouraged to enjoy and explore books at their own pace.
Check your child is not hungry, tired, or desperate to watch their favourite television show. Try to read little and often. Sit somewhere comfortable and quiet. Look at the pictures in the book and just talk about them. Find books which match your child’s interests, including nonfiction texts. Remember materials such as magazines, comics, newspapers, story CDs and eBooks are all good ways to get a child interested in reading. Praise your child when they are reading well but don’t criticise every mistake.
The teaching of phonics begins in year R and continues throughout Key Stage 1 and into Key Stage 2. Children will be given individual reading books, starting with books which just have pictures (to make up your own stories), then onto books using decodable words. All children are also encouraged to make use of the school library, selecting additional books to enjoy at home. Teachers will hear every child read in a small group during guided reading sessions, along with the class’s learning support assistant (LSA). Children may also do one-on-one reading with an adult if necessary.
Reading at Chalk Ridge
Here at Chalk Ridge, we believe that becoming a confident reader is the key to a child’s success at school. It is vital to foster a love of reading in children from the second they step through the door. Working in partnership, this is a goal which we can easily achieve. This leaflet will explain how you can help your child enjoy reading at home and outlines the ways we will support them in school.
Key Stage 1 (Years R, 1 and 2)
Encourage a Love of Reading at home by: Reading aloud to your child: discuss the words and pictures, share ideas about the book. Reading yourself: children who see adults reading (and enjoying it) are more likely to want to read themselves. Make sure your child is surrounded by books: make regular trips to the library to borrow books and visit bookshops to browse. Spend time talking to your child: talk whilst doing simple activities like cooking, making something or building a model. This helps children learn new words which they will then understand later when reading.
Reading with Your Child 1. Choosing What to Read Your class teacher will give your child reading books at an appropriate level. This includes real books and eBooks on www.activelearnprimary.co.uk You could also ask in your local bookshop or visit www.booktrust.org.uk and use their book-finder or list of new books. 2. Understanding Phonics With phonics, children are taught to read by learning the phonemes (sounds) that represent letters or a group of letters (graphemes). They will also learn ‘tricky words’ such as ‘once’ which don’t fit phonic rules. Games like ‘I spy’ or making words with fridge magnets will help with this.
3. Encouraging a Reluctant Reader
How we Teach Reading in School
If your child is not keen to read at home, don’t panic. Try the following then talk to your child’s teacher if you’re still having problems.
When children enter the school they are encouraged to enjoy and explore books at their own pace.
Check your child is not hungry, tired, or desperate to watch their favourite television show. Try to read little and often. Sit somewhere comfortable and quiet. Look at the pictures in the book and just talk about them. Find books which match your child’s interests, including nonfiction texts. Remember materials such as magazines, comics, newspapers, story CDs and eBooks are all good ways to get a child interested in reading. Praise your child when they are reading well but don’t criticise every mistake.
The teaching of phonics begins in year R and continues throughout Key Stage 1 and into Key Stage 2. Children will be given individual reading books, starting with books which just have pictures (to make up your own stories), then onto books using decodable words. All children are also encouraged to make use of the school library, selecting additional books to enjoy at home. Teachers will hear every child read in a small group during guided reading sessions, along with the class’s learning support assistant (LSA). Children may also do one-on-one reading with an adult if necessary.
