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PROMOTION BOOKS TO SPARK INTEREST SPLAT! Age two+ Super Happy Magic Forest Age two+ In the Town Age three+ OWL HELP YOU OUT I Can Read! Oxford Poetry Age five+ reading journey will and writing confidence. A For more advice, ideas, benefit from exposure variety of fun elements, and activities, plus 250 to patterned rhyming such as posters, stickers, stories, which are great and flashcards, further free eBooks to download, fun and form the bedrock support these skills and visit oxfordowl.co.uk/ of good phonics teaching. help to inspire their growing for-home Also look for stories love of reading. which allow you to use a lively storytelling voice - where it Julia Donaldson, sounds as though the writer is speaking the former Children's to you directly from the page - and Laureate and author sound effects, which encourage children of The Gruffalo, to interact with the tale. You can also has captivated subvert a well-known story by adding youngsters all jokes and misinterpreting pictures to around the world make your little one laugh! with her stories. Julia Donaldson's TAKE TURNS TOGETHER Songbirds: My First Whatever age and level of reading Reading and Activity Book includes fluency your child is at, they'll benefit seven lively and beautifully illustrated from both reading aloud to you and tales, alongside linked phonics games, hearing you read aloud to them. activities, and a collection of colourful Reading to an adult is the most stickers to get children excited about important thing children in the early reading for themselves. stages of learning can do to develop their word reading, and listening to you The I Can Read with read helps to build their understanding Biff, Chip & Kipper of sentences, showing them what pack is perfect for expressive reading sounds like and inspiring your child's nurturing a love of books. love of reading. It includes a fun GET HELP fact file all about Biff, AT HOME Chip and Kipper and Read Write Inc's their friends, with four series of My 'Level 2 readers' books from the same Reading & Writing series. The pack also includes parent Kits are a great tips, a poster, and stickers to help make way of introducing learning to read fun. your young child to reading and PICK FAVOURITE TOPICS writing, and they Switch children on to reading by are lots of fun, too. Parent handbooks, using their interests, and seek out books handwriting workbooks, and levelled and reading material that link to your stories all support phonics progress child's existing passions: magazines while helping your child develop reading on science, books about dinosaurs, 2 3 4 The New Adventures of Mr Toad: A Race for Toad Hall Age six+ Knighthood for Beginners Age seven+ instructions on how to build a model, eBooks, or even a recipe - focus on making reading fun and exciting! 5 RECRUIT A LIBRARIAN TO THE CAUSE 6 PLAY BOOK BINGO Take your child to your nearest library - it's free and kids love choosing books of their own. Make a list of the things that your child is interested in and ask a librarian for advice on which titles they think might work. Remember, if the book your child chooses is too tricky for them to read independently, then read it to them or share the reading - this is a great way of giving them access to other interesting content that is above their own reading level. Lots of libraries have free storytelling competitions and events, too, so keep an eye out for advertisements. Challenge your child to read six different types of books over the holidays: for example, a non-fiction book, a picture book, some poetry, an old favourite, a graphic novel, or an eBook. Ticking each 'book bingo' off with a stamp or sticker can be a very satisfying thing to do and could help you find a format that really works for your child. FOR MORE INFORMATION Vi s i t ox for do w l .co .u k/ for -h ome