YOU can help your child learn to read

(& why you really should!)

By Belinda Griffin
Copyright 2014 Belinda Griffin
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Contents
(elcome
he secret to a happy child
he one thing yo" need to do N)( to get yo"r child reading
*n introd"ction to phonics
Get reading+ 1, ideas that really wor!
(hat-s ne.t/
*#o"t the a"thor
*#o"t 0eader(riterforLife$com
Welcome
(elcome to 0eader (riter for Life+ han! yo" for signing "p to 'oin the tri#e of parents who
"nderstand the positi1e effects reading can ha1e on their children #oth now and in the f"t"re$
&-m 1ery happy to #e sending yo" this g"ide, and if yo" ha1e re2"ested it #eca"se yo" want a
happier child, a #etter #eha1ed child, a child that does well in school and pays attention, or
e1en if yo"-re '"st loo!ing for a way to ha1e a great relationship with yo"r child, & can tell
yo" that yo" can achie1e *LL of these o"tcomes simply #y doing this one thing$
HELP YOUR CHILD LEARN TO READ.
hat-s it$ &t really is that simple$
here is so m"ch e1idence that children who read well do #etter at school, learn #etter all
ro"nd, are happier and do #etter in life % so do this one thing and yo" can ma!e a h"ge
difference to yo"r child-s life$ 3o" can open doors for them$
4o yo" really need a g"ide to tell yo" that/ 5ay#e not$ B"t can yo" say hand on heart that
yo" are helping yo"r child in the #est way possi#le/ 4on-t lea1e it all to teachers and don-t
thin! school will ta!e care of it all6 school is '"st the start$ (e as parents need to do o"r #it at
home too$ *re yo" doing eno"gh/
*t 0eader(riterforLife$com & s"pport proacti1e parents who desperately want to help their
children s"cceed with reading, #"t who sometimes feel o1erwhelmed #y the challenge %
#eca"se it isn-t always easy+ &f that-s yo", & !now & can help$
his g"ide is di1ided into fo"r sections7
he secret to a happy child 8or, the #enefits of reading+9
he one thing yo" need to do N)( to get yo"r child reading
*n introd"ction to phonics
:l"s, an in1al"a#le list of reading acti1ity ideas that yo" can try )4*3 to
start helping yo"r child with their reading immediately$
0emem#er, this isn-t all a#o"t reading, it-s a#o"t gi1ing yo"r child the #est chance at a #right
f"t"re, and there-s nothing more precio"s than that$
;ere-s to a great reading 'o"rney for yo" and yo"r child+
al! soon
Belinda x
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The secret to a happy child
(hate1er yo"r #ac!gro"nd, whate1er yo"r social stat"s or howe1er m"ch money yo" earn, &
don-t care who yo" are6 if yo"-re a lo1ing parent yo" will want the 1ery #est for yo"r child$
S"re we might want them to #e rich, good loo!ing, s"ccessf"l, #"t mostly we '"st want them
to #e happy and healthy$
B"t there is a lin! #etween health, happiness and s"ccess$ So of co"rse we want o"r !ids to
grow "p to get 'o#s and earn eno"gh to get #y to ens"re their happiness and s"ccess$
No one can g"arantee yo"r child-s f"t"re, and &-m certainly not going to do that$ B"t & will
tell yo" one !ey that will most definitely get things going in the right direction$ )r at least,
witho"t this, there-s a pretty good chance yo"r child will str"ggle in life$
&f yo" want yo"r child to ha1e the #est chance at a #right f"t"re, if yo" want them to ha1e a
#etter start in life than perhaps yo" had, if yo" want to open the door to opport"nities, to
impro1e their f"t"re 'o# prospects and earning potential, then yo" need to ma!e s"re of this
one thing<
Your child must learn to read.
)!, so that so"nds pretty o#1io"s, and yo"r child goes to school so that sho"ld ta!e care of
things$ B"t do yo" !now if yo"r child is learning to read =well= at school/ *re yo" doing all
yo" can at home to help/
By getting in1ol1ed with yo"r child-s learning yo" can ha1e a #etter relationship with yo"r
child$ By helping yo"r child impro1e their reading yo" will find that they start doing #etter in
all their classes, their #eha1io"r and attention will impro1e and if yo"r child doesn-t en'oy
going to school, things co"ld really change for the #etter$
Beca"se children who learn to read can read to learn and that means reading affects e1ery
aspect of their school life$ &f yo" want life to impro1e for yo"r child right now, yo" need to
ma!e s"re of this one thing<
Your child must be learnin to read.
&f yo"-re sa1ing for yo"r child-s f"t"re, hoping to send them off to "ni1ersity witho"t
worrying a#o"t the cost, then yo"-re doing a great thing$ B"t if yo" want yo"r child to get
there, yo" need to #e s"re they-re on trac! with their reading right now$ 5ay#e they will
st"dy maths or science or geography, not literat"re or 'o"rnalism, #"t it doesn-t matter$
E1eryone needs to learn to read in order to read to learn$
>"st to ma!e things really simple, here are a few facts7
1 in ? children left primary school in 201@ "na#le to read to the re2"ired
standard % that-s aro"nd ?A,B00 children$
?0C of p"pils permanently e.cl"ded from school ha1e diffic"lties in #asic
literacy s!ills$
2AC of yo"ng offenders are said to ha1e reading s!ills #elow those of the
a1erage ?%year%old$
B0C of the prison pop"lation is said to ha1e diffic"lties in #asic literacy s!ills$
10 to 1B%year%olds who read for pleas"re do #etter at school$
0eading #oo!s is the only o"t%of%school acti1ity for 1B%year%olds
demonstra#ly lin!ed to sec"ring managerial or professional 'o#s$
* person with poor literacy is more li!ely to li1e in a non%wor!ing ho"sehold$
&n )cto#er 201@ English 1B to 24 year olds came 22nd o"t of 24 co"ntries
meas"red for literacy le1els #y the )EC4$
:arents are the most important reading role models for children and yo"ng
people$
4id yo" spot that last one/ &t-s parents % yo" and me % who are o"r children-s reading role
models$ 4on-t lea1e yo"r child-s f"t"re s"ccess totally "p to school, do yo"r #it too$
So if yo" want yo"r child to #e happy % now and in the f"t"re % yo" need to ma!e s"re of this
one thing to gi1e them the #est chance of e.periencing that happiness7
Your child must learn to read!
han!f"lly, there is one simple thing yo" can start doing )4*3 that will help yo" help
yo"r child with their reading$ 0ead on to find o"t what it is+
The one thing you need to do NOW to get your child reading
So yo" want to !now the one thing yo" need to do to get yo"r child reading/ (ell it-s
act"ally pretty simple and yo"-re pro#a#ly already doing it$
Sorry if that-s disappointing, #"t the one thing yo" need to do is< engage with yo"r child-s
reading+
& !now what yo"-re thin!ing$ :ro#a#ly something along the lines of DSerio"sly/ hat-s it/-
S"re, it so"nds easy eno"gh % and it really is pretty easy % #"t wow do we ma!e it hard for
o"rsel1es+
Beca"se e1en if yo" thin! yo"-re p"tting in loads of effort % yo"-re reading to yo"r child and
listening to them read to yo" and may#e yo"-1e e1en spent a heap of money on wor!#oo!s,
apps and whate1er the latest Dteach yo"r child to read- programme is % yo"-re pro#a#ly not
tr"ly engaging$
Don"t boo# the bootcam$ %et
(e li1e in a 1ery competiti1e society$ No matter how friendly the parents are in yo"r
playgro"nd, there-s no escaping the disc"ssion a#o"t how e1eryone-s child is doing$ E1en if
no one is trying to ma!e anyone else feel #ad, it can #e to"gh to a1oid comparing yo"r child
with others in the class$
he res"lt of this can #e panic$ *nd panic leads to e.treme action % which isnEt f"n for yo" or
yo"r child$ So whereas it co"ld #e yo" '"st need to spend a #it more f"n time with yo"r child
sharing #oo!s, or e1en #ac! off so that yo"r child '"st en'oys reading and reading doesnEt
#ecome a feared or forced acti1ity, many of "s will instead ta!e drastic meas"res$
5ay#e yo" enrol yo"r child with F"mon, or another e.tra t"ition programme, may#e yo"
re2"est an "rgent meeting with yo"r child-s teacher, or perhaps yo" lea1e a plea for ad1ice on
Netm"ms, 5"msnet or social media$
3o" can do these thing if it helps yo", #"t o"r !ids learning to read sho"ldn-t #e a
competition or a race$ 3o" can try e.tra t"toring or a 1ery e.pensi1e Dlearn to read- co"rse,
and yo"r child may impro1e as a res"lt, #"t is it really necessary/
Loo! instead at what yo" are doing with yo"r child and as! if yo" co"ld do more$ 3)G are
the #est person in the world to teach yo"r child to read$ 3o"r child and yo"r child-s f"t"re is
precio"s to yo", so don-t lea1e it to anyone else to ens"re they master this 1ital life s!ill$
Learning to read is a s!ill and it does ta!e time to master$ Some children learn to read faster
than others, #"t many will hit #"mps in the road$ Children can str"ggle with reading for all
sorts of reasons, and e1en those that are 1ery capa#le may #ecome rel"ctant to read$ &t-s "p to
"s as parents to help o"r children along the way, and most often we can do that simply #y
p"tting in a #it of time and effort$
Begin #y foc"ssing % completely % on yo"r child, and no one else-s$
YOU are %our child"s most im$ortant teacher
*ccording to research #y the National Literacy r"st, parents are the most important reading
role models for children and yo"ng people and helping o"r children learn to read is almost
certainly the one single thing we can do to impro1e their chances in life$ (ith that in mind,
it-s pretty worrying that only 1 in A parents easily find the opport"nity to read to their
children$
he thing is, children who are read to reg"larly ha1e higher le1els of 1oca#"lary and
comprehension s!ills, so ma!ing the time for #oo!s and demonstrating that we 1al"e reading
is s"re to ha1e a positi1e impact on their learning$
By '"st ma!ing a little #it of time e1ery day to properly foc"s on o"r children, reading to
them and, when they-re ready, listening to them read to "s we can ha1e the most profo"nd
effect on their f"t"re well#eing$ ;ow amaHing is that/
*nd if yo"-re wondering if yo"r child is too yo"ng to learn to read, the answer is DNo+-$
Learning to read starts way #efore we wor! o"t what the s2"iggles on a page mean$ &t starts
with listening to people tal!ing to "s as #a#ies, and grasping the #asic principles of lang"age$
So yo" can, and sho"ld, start from #irth$ &n fact we nat"rally start #efore that, as #a#ies learn
the so"nd of their mother-s 1oice while in the wom#$
&f yo" want to !now if it-s too early to start teaching Dproper- reading tho"gh, then the answer
is still pro#a#ly Dno-$ 3o" !now yo"r child #etter than anyone, and if yo" thin! they-re
showing an interest then go for it+
(hen yo" engage with yo"r child-s attempts to read yo" can #e gen"inely pro"d of their
effort$ 3o"-ll !now what they find easy and what-s more diffic"lt for them, and yo" can #e
aware of their challenges and #rea!thro"ghs$ 3o" don-t need to wait for yo"r child-s teacher
to tell yo" that yo"r child is impro1ing or has done something really well % yo"-ll already
!now$ *nd if yo"r child #egins to str"ggle, yo"-ll #e ready to help them thro"gh$
&hat"s ne't(
Engaging with yo"r child-s reading is '"st the first step$ o find o"t more a#o"t how to
engage with yo"r child-s reading try the acti1ities at the end of this g"ide$ o #egin to get to
grips with phonics, read on+
An introduction to phonics
Let-s #e honest, Dphonics- can #e #affling$ (ere yo" ta"ght to read "sing phonics methods/
:ro#a#ly not, and that ma!es it to"gh for "s parents to get o"r heads ro"nd the way o"r !ids
are learning to read at school$ he one thing yo" need to !now a#o"t phonics is that it isn-t all
there is to reading+
;owe1er, these days most children in the GF are ta"ght to read "sing phonics as the first
strategy when they come across an "nfamiliar word$ &f we-re to help with reading at home,
we need to get the hang of phonics too$
*s parents we are o"r children-s #est teachers$ (e !now o"r !ids #etter than anyone6 we
ha1e the freedom to teach where, when and how we want and o"r children nat"rally want to
please "s$ eaching o"r children anything co"ldn-t #e easier, right/
(ell, not 2"ite$ he pro#lem is we-re often afraid of getting it wrong$ (e worry we will
conf"se o"r children #y not teaching the same way as at school, or we-ll p"sh them too hard
or not hard eno"gh$ oo often this means we parents don-t do anything at all$
&t doesn-t ha1e to #e li!e this$ :arents who are confident in their a#ility to s"pport their
child-s learning can en'oy more 2"ality reading time with their children I #eca"se they-re not
worried a#o"t getting it wrong$ :l"s, parents who "nderstand how reading is ta"ght at school
can spea! more easily with teachers a#o"t their child-s progress #eca"se they-re not worried
a#o"t loo!ing incompetent$
You can be that con)ident $arent b% ettin to ri$s *ith $honics!
here is clear e1idence that the systematic synthetic phonics approach wor!s and research
has shown that when phonics is ta"ght in a str"ct"red way I starting with the easiest so"nds,
called the simple phonic code, and progressing thro"gh to the most comple. I it is the most
effecti1e way of teaching yo"ng children to read$
By learning to read "sing phonics, children learn to decode almost any word$ his means
they do not rely on pict"res or conte.t to wor! o"t words, which is 1ital as they #egin reading
more diffic"lt te.t witho"t pict"res to help them$
hro"gh phonics children learn the indi1id"al letter so"nds 8phonemes9, s"ch as JoJ and JpJ$
hen they learn the phonemes com#inations of letters ma!e, s"ch as JshJ$ hey then learn to
#lend the phonemes together to ma!e words, s"ch as JshJ JoJ JpJ K shop$
Children learn so"nds in gro"ps, starting with the simplest so"nds that together ma!e "p
short, easy to decode words, s"ch as JrJ JeJ JdJ K red and JcJ JaJ JtJ K cat$
:erhaps what conf"ses parents most a#o"t phonics is that there are more so"nds in the
English lang"age than letters in the alpha#et, which is why some so"nds are represented #y
more than one letter % for e.ample Ds- and Dh- together ma!e a Dsh- so"nd, as in the word
Dh"sh-$ o help yo"r child #rea! words down into its so"nds, yo" need to #e a#le to spot the
so"nds and not so"nd o"t all the indi1id"al letters$
o help yo" get to grips with the phonics so"nds &-1e added recordings of them to my
we#site here$ Go listen to them for free$
Con)idence is the #e% + i) %ou sho* it, %our child *ill be brimmin *ith it too.
:honics has #een pro1en to #e an effecti1e way to teach children to read and write$ ;owe1er,
it-s not all there is to reading$ :erhaps most significantly it doesn-t de1elop children-s
comprehension s!ills$ &t teaches children to decode words "sing what they !now a#o"t letter
so"nds, and doesn-t as! them to g"ess at words "sing conte.t or cl"es in pict"res$ he #enefit
is that children can learn to read anything this way$ he draw#ac! can #e that some children
don-t de1elop reading for meaning$
Getting to grips with phonics is '"st the start$ Learning to read is a s!ill and it ta!es time to
master$ Some children learn to read faster than others, #"t many will hit #"mps in the road$
Lor others it-s one long, ard"o"s 'o"rney$ Children str"ggle with reading for all sorts of
reasons, and e1en those that are 1ery capa#le may #ecome rel"ctant to read$
*s parents it-s o"r 'o# to !eep enco"raging o"r yo"ng readers, #"t this can sometimes feel
li!e an impossi#le tas!$ he one thing yo" need to !now a#o"t phonics is that it is only the
first strategy children are ta"ght to "se when they come across an "nfamiliar word$ here is
m"ch more to learning to read$ B"t as yo" ha1e already fo"nd o"t the most important thing
yo" can do is tr"ly engage with yo"r child-s reading$ )ne of the #est ways to do that is to
ma!e it f"n I for #oth of yo"+ (hat follows is a list of reading acti1ities that are s"re to get
yo" started on the right trac!$
et reading! !" ideas that really wor#
*s a parent engaging with yo"r child-s reading, whate1er their age or reading a#ility, yo"
sho"ld feel free to try any or all of these acti1ities$ (hat will yo" choose to do first/
Read aloud % &f yo"r child gets shy or fr"strated reading alo"d to yo", why not gather toys or
pets and enco"rage yo"r child to read to them instead$ his is great for !ids that li!e to
pretend to #e a m"mmy, daddy or teacher+
Read somethin else % So yo"r child hates #oo!s$ ry something else+ 5agaHines, comics,
e#oo!s or ed"cational ipad games can all wor! well$ *ny reading helps$
Tal# about boo#s % Choose a #oo! with yo"r older child that yo"-d #oth li!e to read$ 3o"
can read separately, or ta!e t"rns reading to each other, #"t tal! a#o"t the #oo! too o1er
#rea!fast or in the car$ Sharing enth"siasm for a #oo! can really inspire interest$
-uest a boo# rou$ )or teens % 3o" co"ld host this at yo"r ho"se or ta!e t"rns to ha1e the
gro"p meet at different !ids- ho"ses$ &t co"ld in1ol1e piHHa or a sleep o1er, something that
ma!es it a #it of f"n$ B"t there needs to #e some #oo! disc"ssion too$ his wo"ld wor! well
with school set te.ts, or the latest #oo! craHe$
Create an eboo# % this is a great acti1ity to do with yo"r child and has so many more
#enefits than '"st enco"raging reading$ Let yo"r child narrate the story too$ 3o" can "se an
app or e1en an e#oo! p"#lisher, depending how serio"sly yo" want to ta!e the e.ercise$
&rite a note % Lea1e messages in yo"r child-s l"nch#o. or on the fridge for them to find6
who doesn-t li!e to find an D& lo1e yo"- or a pri1ate 'o!e to giggle at/
Acti.it% boo#s and *or#sheets % Lor many this will seem li!e wor! #"t &-m a little odd and
ha1e always lo1ed wor!#oo!s+ Gi1e it a try to find o"t if it-s something yo"r child en'oys$
/isit the librar% % Start 1isiting the li#rary as soon as possi#le+ iny #a#ies will en'oy rhyme
time and toddlers lo1e story time$ &t-s great for m"ms and dads to meet other parents too+ *s
yo"r child grows they can get more in1ol1ed with choosing their own #oo!s and ta!ing part
in li#rary reading challenges$ Li#raries need o"r s"pport now more than e1er, and what co"ld
#e #etter than #eing a#le to try o"t news #oo!s as often as yo" li!e/
0oo# sinins % hese aren-t '"st for #ig cele#rities at London #oo!stores, #"t if yo" fancy
2"e"eing "p for ho"rs for one of these e1ents % go for it+ 3o"r local li#rary or #oo!store will
also ha1e #oo! signings$ he a"thors may #e a little less well !nown, #"t meeting an Dact"al,
real life a"thor- co"ld #e '"st the !ey yo"r child needs to "nloc! their passion for stories$ Sign
"p to yo"r local li#rary-s newsletter to find o"t a#o"t forthcoming signing e1ents$
0oo# related or *ord ames % here are so many word games on the mar!et+ Some are
aimed at early readers, some are more traditional, s"ch as Scra##le$ here are #oo! tie%in
games, s"ch as a Lord of the 0ings special edition of the #oard game 0is!, or yo" can co1er
all #ases with a #oo! tie%in word game li!e he Gr"ffalo (ord 0hyming Game+
1o see the )ilm2musical2$la% % So many good #oo!s are t"rned into films % ;arry :otter
anyone/ &n o"r ho"se we lo1e 5atilda % the #oo! is #rilliant, the film is fa# and & can-t wait to
go as a family to see 5atilda the m"sical+ Lor little ones, some #rilliant pict"re #oo!s ha1e
#een adapted for the stage % (e-re Going on a Bear ;"nt and he iger (ho Came o ea
are two that spring to mind$ his is a great way to introd"ce li1e theatre to yo"r child as well
as re!indle a lo1e for the original #oo!s$
3e 0oo#s % here are lots of !ids e#oo! apps a1aila#le now and more appearing all the time,
#"t this is one of my fa1o"rites$ 3o" can #"y pop"lar #oo!s and listen to them #eing read #y
cele#rities, or record yo"r own 1ersion$ here-s also 5e Comics, which as yo" can g"ess
offers comics+ hese are great to ha1e on yo"r phone or ta#let to loo! at when yo"-re o"t and
a#o"t, especially as an alternati1e to games$
&i#i$edia % Not e1eryone lo1es fiction, #"t some !ids '"st de1o"r information$ Get them
searching (i!ipedia and it co"ld #e '"st their thing+ ry setting a tas! so that they ha1e to
find some partic"lar information and report #ac! to yo"$
Reci$es % 0eading doesn-t ha1e to mean #oo!s, at least not necessarily the traditional !ind$
*s! yo"r child to help yo" with reading the recipe as yo" ma!e c"pca!es6 they-ll lo1e #eing
in1ol1ed in s"ch an important 'o#, and of co"rse the reward will #e lic!ing o"t the #owl+
Instructions % his goes along the same lines as recipes$ &f yo"r child won-t sit still with a
#oo!, #"t lo1es to ma!e things or mend things, then instr"ctions are a great incenti1e to read$
:ro#a#ly not the easiest of reading materials, #"t whate1er gets them interested and trying,
right/
Treasure ma$ *ith clues % & lo1e this one+ 5a!e it as complicated or as simple as yo" li!e$
3o" co"ld lea1e cl"es aro"nd yo"r local area and send the !ids o"t as a gro"p, or competing
gro"ps$ 3o" co"ld '"st ha1e it in the ho"se$ he cl"es co"ld #e riddles or 1ery #asic, s"ch as
DLoo! on the r"g-$ *t the end the treas"re co"ld #e a new #oo!+
Labels % ;a1e yo" e1er noticed how playgro"ps and 0eception classrooms ha1e e1erything
la#elled 8chair, light, drawer, paper, pens etc etc9/ (ell, yo" can do that at home too$ 3o"
can !eep it '"st to yo"r child-s room if la#els don-t really fit with yo"r decor, or go mad and
slap them e1erywhere6 it won-t #e for e1er+
Don"t )oret the $o*er o) ood old4)ashioned re*ards % hese co"ld #e #oo!%related, s"ch
as promising to ta!e yo"r child to see the film of a #oo! they-1e read, or an effecti1e #ri#e %
offer M1 for e1ery #oo! they read to spend on whate1er they want$ his won-t sit comforta#ly
with e1eryone, #"t do whate1er wor!s for yo" and s"its yo"r parenting 1al"es$
"o you have another suggestion# Id love to hear it if you do !nd if you try any of the
above, please let me know how you get on. I cant wait to hear about the fun youve had and
the reading breakthroughs youve made with your children
What$s ne%t&
Congrat"lations+ 3o"-1e '"st finished reading the easiest g"ide that will change the way yo"
s"pport yo"r child with learning to read$ 3o" now !now the secret to a happy child, pl"s
yo"-re armed with f"n ways to get yo"r child reading+
So, what-s ne.t/
5a!e s"re yo"-re signed "p to recei1e emails from me, Belinda Griffin, at
www$readerwriterforlife$com$ & will reg"larly send yo" top tips on reading with yo"r child
and &-m already wor!ing on another fantastic reso"rce for yo"$ Sign "p to ma!e s"re yo"
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