Looking to Help your Child in their Reading and Writing? 
Use this page to help you find website links and guidance on supporting your child at home.
Supporting Reading
Top Tips for Bedtime Story Reading
Find a special place
Find somewhere with no distractions
Sit in a position where you can both see the book
Keep roughly to the same time each day
10-15 minutes is long enough – don’t force your child if they are not interested
Cuddle up together
Talk about the pictures – you don’t have to read the whole book
Relate the story to real life (e.g Do you remember when we saw a dog like that?)
It’s fine to read the same book over and over again. This shows you have a child who loves books and is on the way to becoming an enthusiastic reader
Take the lead from your child
You don’t have to start at the beginning
You can skip pages
You don’t have to finish the book
You can change the words
Let the child take turns
Choose books with rhythm and rhyme
Click on the links below to find possible books that would be suitable for your child to read.
When you are reading with your child, it is important that you ask them questions about what they have read so that they show you they have understood the text.
Click on the links below to find questions that you could ask your child whilst you are reading with them.
Key Stage 2 Questions
(these can also be adapted for KS1 )
