Supporting students Literacy at Home

Book week is a great time to celebrate reading and all things literacy related. 

The opportunity to share stories and read together with young children is one of the greatest gifts we can give to a child and one of the best things you can do to support your child’s learning.

• Reading stories allows children to build their knowledge of vocabulary and the way that written language sounds and the way it is structured (which is quite different to conversational language). 
• Story reading is a calming activity that promotes connection and conversation between adults and children.
• Story reading helps children build reading comprehension skills, Comprehension involves more than knowing your ABCs and how to decode words. Comprehension requires children to make connections between ideas, to use their knowledge of a topic and to predict what may happen next.
• Having stories read to them, helps children build their own fluency as readers (This is why it is still important to read to children even after they learn to read themselves).
• Story reading is fun, engages children’s imaginations and promotes empathy for others as it allows them to see the world through the perspective of someone else.