Making the most of screen time

You can use the same questions you might ask your child during Book Chat (see previous page) to discuss TV programs (such as cartoons) or films that you watch together. Understanding visual media is a key element of your child’s literacy.

There are also a number of great games on the internet to help engage your child in reading.

These games include:

· Phonics games that improve reading and letter sound awareness. Phonics involves sounding out individual sounds in a word, and then putting these sounds together to make the word.

· Grammar, punctuation and spelling games.

· Vocabulary games.

Click on our online reading and games page for some resources