Literacy

Reading at Home Below is a helpful video which provides some strategies that can be used when reading with your child at home.

Some recommendations from the video are:

- Ensure that reading is enjoyable for your child.
- Discuss the book prior to reading to give confidence.
-Look at the pictures and draw attention to images that are mentioned in the text.
-Draw attention to some initial letters in words and what sound they make in that word.
-Encourage reading on as a strategy to identify unknown words.
-Not all mistakes need to be corrected (while your child gains confidence and can still enjoys reading with you).
-Ask 'Does it look right?' or 'Does that make sense?' to encourage another strategy that helps us read.
- Try not to always give the answer, be patient and give them time to think.
-Re read sentences from the start and say the first sound of tricky words.
- Be encouraging of achievements and attempts.