Questions to ask your child when reading with them at home

Both KS1 and KS2 questions are taken from 'The Literacy Shed' https://www.literacyshed.com/

Top tips for reluctant readers:

• Model reading by alternating between your child reading a page, and yourself reading a page. Make sure you use expression and model voices for characters and fluency!

• Encourage their interests by finding books around them which support their passion. If your child is a budding scientist, or football mad or if they love fashion design, there will be a book for them!

• Listen to audio books as a way to hook children in.

• If there is an associated film, watch it and then compare the film with the book and talk about whether the characters looked the same as in their head, or if any important plot points from the book were missed.

• Take them to the local library- children love having the responsibility of choosing their own reading material.

• Read anything and everything: newspapers, internet articles about their favourite sportstar or musician, poems, annuals. magazines or comics and graphic novels: the possibility is endless!

• Share your own favourite childhood books with them as a bedtime story.

• Encourage a book swap with a friend of theirs.

• Make a 'reading den' at home- think cosy: blankets, battery operated candles, cushions and a mug of hot chocolate!

• Write a letter to, email or tweet an author- you never know if your child will get a reply!

• Make the most of technology by video calling relatives or friends so your child can read aloud to someone else.