you can help your child learn to read why you really should
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YOU can help your child learn to read
(& why you really should!)
By Belinda Griffin
Copyright 2014 Belinda Griffin
Smashwords Edition
Smashwords Edition, Licence Notes
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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 eader(riterforLife$com
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Welcome
(elcome to eader (riter for Life+ han! yo" for signing "p to 'oin the tri#e of parents who
"nderstand the positie effects reading can hae on their children #oth now and in the f"t"re$
&-m ery happy to #e sending yo" this g"ide, and if yo" hae re"ested it #eca"se yo" want a
happier child, a #etter #ehaed child, a child that does well in school and pays attention, or
een if yo"-re '"st loo!ing for a way to hae a great relationship with yo"r child, & can tell
yo" that yo" can achiee *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 eidence 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$
o 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/ on-t leae 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 eader(riterforLife$com & s"pport proactie parents who desperately want to help their
children s"cceed with reading, #"t who sometimes feel oerwhelmed #y the challenge %
#eca"se it isn-t always easy+ &f that-s yo", & !now & can help$
his g"ide is diided 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 inal"a#le list of reading actiity ideas that yo" can try )*3 to
start helping yo"r child with their reading immediately$
emem#er, this isn-t all a#o"t reading, it-s a#o"t giing yo"r child the #est chance at a #rightf"t"re, and there-s nothing more precio"s than that$
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;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
(hateer yo"r #ac!gro"nd, whateer yo"r social stat"s or howeer m"ch money yo" earn, &
don-t care who yo" are6 if yo"-re a loing parent yo" will want the ery #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 hae the #est chance at a #right f"t"re, if yo" want them to hae a
#etter start in life than perhaps yo" had, if yo" want to open the door to opport"nities, to
improe their f"t"re 'o# prospects and earning potential, then yo" need to ma!e s"re of this
one thing"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 re"ired
standard % that-s aro"nd ?A,00 children$
?0 of p"pils permanently e.cl"ded from school hae diffic"lties in #asic
literacy s!ills$
2A of yo"ng offenders are said to hae reading s!ills #elow those of the
aerage ?%year%old$
0 of the prison pop"lation is said to hae diffic"lties in #asic literacy s!ills$
10 to 1%year%olds who read for pleas"re do #etter at school$
eading #oo!s is the only o"t%of%school actiity for 1%year%olds
demonstra#ly lin!ed to sec"ring managerial or professional 'o#s$
* person with poor literacy is more li!ely to lie in a non%wor!ing ho"sehold$
&n )cto#er 201@ English 1 to 24 year olds came 22nd o"t of 24 co"ntries
meas"red for literacy leels #y the )EC$
:arents are the most important reading role models for children and yo"ng
people$
id yo" spot that last one/ &t-s parents % yo" and me % who are o"r children-s reading role
models$ on-t leae 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 gie 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 )*3 that will help yo" help
yo"r child with their reading$ ead on to find o"t what it is+
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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"rseles+
Beca"se een 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"-e een spent a heap of money on wor!#oo!s,
apps and whateer 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 lie in a ery competitie society$ No matter how friendly the parents are in yo"r
playgro"nd, there-s no escaping the disc"ssion a#o"t how eeryone-s child is doing$ Een if
no one is trying to ma!e anyone else feel #ad, it can #e to"gh to aoid 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 isnt 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 een #ac! off so that yo"r child '"st en'oys reading and reading doesnt
#ecome a feared or forced actiity, 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"
re"est an "rgent meeting with yo"r child-s teacher, or perhaps yo" leae a plea for adice 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 ery e.pensie Dlearn to read- co"rse,
and yo"r child may improe as a res"lt, #"t is it really necessary/
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(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 improing 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 actiities at the end of this g"ide$ o #egin to get to
grips with phonics, read on+
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hro"gh phonics children learn the indiid"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 indiid"al letters$
o help yo" get to grips with the phonics so"nds &-e 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 proen to #e an effectie way to teach children to read and write$ ;oweer,
it-s not all there is to reading$ :erhaps most significantly it doesn-t deelop children-s
comprehension s!ills$ &t teaches children to decode words "sing what they !now a#o"t letterso"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 deelop 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$
or others it-s one long, ard"o"s 'o"rney$ Children str"ggle with reading for all sorts of
reasons, and een those that are ery 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" hae 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 actiities that are s"re to get
yo" started on the right trac!$
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et reading! " ideas that really wor#
*s a parent engaging with yo"r child-s reading, whateer their age or reading a#ility, yo"
sho"ld feel free to try any or all of these actiities$ (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 oer
#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 hae the
gro"p meet at different !ids- ho"ses$ &t co"ld inole piHHa or a sleep oer, 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 actiity 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 een an e#oo! p"#lisher, depending how serio"sly yo" want to ta!e the e.ercise$
&rite a note% Leae 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& loe yo"- or a priate 'o!e to giggle at/
Actiit% boo#s and *or#sheets% or many this will seem li!e wor! #"t &-m a little odd and
hae always loed wor!#oo!s+ Gie it a try to find o"t if it-s something yo"r child en'oys$
/isit the librar%% Start isiting the li#rary as soon as possi#le+ iny #a#ies will en'oy rhyme
time and toddlers loe story time$ &t-s great for m"ms and dads to meet other parents too+ *s
yo"r child grows they can get more inoled 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 eer, 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
"e"eing "p for ho"rs for one of these eents % go for it+ 3o"r local li#rary or #oo!store will
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their children s"cceed with reading, #"t who sometimes feel oerwhelmed #y the challenge$
he m"m #ehind the we#site, Belinda Griffin, is passionate a#o"t families engaging with
#oo!s, !nowing that children who learn to read can read to learn, there#y opening doors to a
positie f"t"re$ Belinda is fiercely committed to empowering parents to raise confident,
reflectie readers and teaches parents to tr"st their own a#ility to assist their child-s learning,
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