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Why is it that some children love to write and draw and for others it’s a struggle to get them to even pick up a pencil? Encouraging your…
The years leading up to school strongly influence your child’s attitudes and abilities towards reading. A home where stories are treasured and shared and where books are at…
Public Libraries provide weekly sessions full of fun for young children. They have action songs, stories and fun activities for you and your child. There is no cost…
Put a basket of books in every room. Books are easily put away if a basket is nearby. Make the reading corner cosy by using a comfortable chair…
It’s never too early to read aloud to your baby. Babies love colour and the sound of Mummy’s or Daddy’s voice. They love faces too. Cloth or card…
Reading aloud is the most important thing you can do to switch your child on to reading. Read the book and love it before you read it to…
There’s nothing nicer than cuddling up with your kids and a book and sharing a great story together. I’m sure that all of you have had the experience…
In my last blog, we discovered why books are important for children and how you can inspire a love of reading for your child. In this blog, I…
It’s likely that your own attitude to reading was formed in childhood, influenced by opportunities to read books and the encouragement of the people around you. The early…
We have all grown up with books – and most of us still do a fair bit of reading. Until around the 15th century, books were handwritten paper…
While you still have a little say in what books your child reads take the bull by the horns. You have less and less opportunity to influence what…
From toddler on your chances of choosing books without your little one around decreases!
The books you and your child pick to read are very important. There is no point in choosing books that are too hard to read or not interesting…
You may or may not be aware that promoting a love of reading and good reading habits begins right from birth. Children love to hear language and being…
When our children come home from school with school readers as homework we can feel a huge responsibility to ‘help in the right way’. Often this can be…
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Ideas and strategies on encouraging boys to read focusses on their interests using magazines, websites and newspapers for older boys and series books for younger boys. Reading practice…
As a parent you are probably helping your child with reading much more than you may realise. If your home contains books, magazines and catalogues and your child…
Some children struggle with reading. The fact is that for almost 40 percent of kids learning to read is a challenge to some extent or another. There is…
Reading is one of these fundamental, must learn skills and probably one of the things that causes us as parents and caregivers the most angst while our children…
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