There has been a lot of research about the benefits of reading for both children and adults. Reading for pleasure delivers enormous benefits for children of all ages. It builds reading and literacy confidence as well as influencing children’s health and wellbeing, future academic achievement and adult life chances. Evidence shows that families can play a key role in helping develop a reading for pleasure habit, but it’s not always easy to motivate children who lack confidence or enthusiasm for reading.
Why is reading for pleasure important? (Source Parentkind.org)
- Currently, 1 in 5 children in England cannot read well by the age of 11. We know that reading for fun improves literacy.
- Reading for pleasure is more important to children’s academic success than their parents’ level of education or socio-economic status.
- Embedding a love of reading in children can help their wellbeing later in life.
- 9% of adult readers say that reading stops them feeling lonely.
- Studies have found that those who read for pleasure have higher levels of empathy, greater self-esteem and are better able to cope with difficult situations.
I am sure that you want to support your child as best you can at home so please see the documents in this section of the literacy page to support you.
The link below takes you to the ‘Reading as a Family: Top tips for reading together.’ It does have a webinar at the bottom of the page which lasts 50 minutes but if you don’t have time to watch it, the documents in this section summarise the top tips for reading at home.
Another great idea to help children improve their reading is the use of subtitles. Research has shown that turning on subtitles in the same language as the TV show or film can indeed improve children’s reading skills.
Another great website to support reading at home is
https://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/tips-and-advice/reading-tips/
If you would like any support with reading at home, please ask your child’s class teacher, myself or Mrs Mayfield.
| Filename | Size | Date |
|---|---|---|
| KS1 Tips on helping your child with reading at home.pdf | 144.0KB | 15/03/2020 |
| KS2 Tips on helping your child with reading at home.pdf | 156.0KB | 15/03/2020 |
| Supporting Readers at Home Poster .pdf | 616.8KB | 13/05/2021 |
| Tips to get kids reading2.pdf | 313.4KB | 13/05/2021 |