Advice for hearing your child read

Have a look at our top tips and watch these modelled videos.  

Try using our recommended questions while your child is reading and have a look at our suggested reading record comments for ideas to write.  

Tips for sharing a book with your child

Children in EYFS and KS1 bring home a book for pleasure to enjoy with their grown-ups.  We know some adults don’t feel confident reading to children so we have shared some videos to give you some ideas of how to do this.  

These videos model reading a picture book with a KS1 child.  

These videos model a repeated reading of a well-loved book.  It is really beneficial for children to re-read a book or have it re-read to them for a number of reasons:  

• it helps to increase their vocabulary and word recognition  
• becoming more familiar with the pattern and rhythm of stories helps children develop their phonemic awareness and understanding of language  
• each time your child hears a story, it deepens their comprehension – they might notice a new detail in an illustration or understand something more and this helps them develop these skills for more complex texts  
• hearing the same story several times helps children learn how to read with expression   
• re-reading the same book means children bond with the characters which develops their empathy  
• it becomes a special thing between you and your child and can strengthen your relationship  
• it’s fun!