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How can I help my child “read for pleasure”?

The Open University discuss the importance of reading for pleasure. You can read more about it here – https://ourfp.org/

Here are a few tips to promote reading to your child:

1. Ensure diversity is central to suggested reading – make it relatable.
2. Try to ‘set the scene’ for reading – make it an adventure, not a task/chore.
3. Allow child choice in reading (where at all possible) and allow children to change their mind.
4. Role model the reading – read aloud with your child, talk about your own reading, challenges you face, things you enjoy etc.
5. Recommended reads – provide some ideas and stimulus using these links below:

Free course from the Open University

Open University have launched a free online course entitled – Developing Reading for Pleasure, Engaging your readers. This is open to anyone and may be useful if you want to learn more about how you can encourage you child to read Sign up with the Open University