HFS parent session - Reading

Reading at homeInspiring your child to become a readerFuatino Leaupepe-TualaFacilitator, Services to Schools

“E tumau le fa’avae,

ae fesuia’i le faiga”

The foundation remains the same, but the ways of doing it change.

Reading for pleasure - why it’s so important• Increased engagement with learning• Positive impact on reading achievement• Improves other aspects of literacy• Is a source of pleasure and stimulates the imagination

http://schools.natlib.govt.nz/creating-readers/creating-reading-culture/reading-pleasure-door-success

Parents as first teachers• Reading rolemodels

“Your child walks like you, talks like you, and absorbs everything you do. So set the right example when it comes to reading. If you want your child to be a good reader, be one yourself!” Be a reading role model for your child (Scholastic)

Parents as first teachers• Sharing our stories

• First language reading

So’o le fau i le fauConnecting the pieces together

Think about this...• How well do you know your school

library? School librarian?• How well do you know your public

library? Public librarian?

Reading should be fun “...I know that when my Dad took me down the park he didn't say, 'Right, son, I'm going to teach you some basic ball skills, work on general fitness and spatial awareness and if you're really good, then in a few years' time, we'll have a game of footy.' No, he played with me till I liked it enough to want to build those skills.

Who knows? The point is that it's as important to communicate the pleasure as it is to pass on the skills.”

Frank Cottrell Boyce

Read WITH and TO your child• Find out what they like• Let them know what you like• Make it a part of everyday life

When??• Meal time - Adult reads or children take turns of

reading their home reader/book each day (this may be the catalyst for some families to eat together)

• Bath time - pull up a chair and read them a story• Bed time - Each child takes a turn of "hosting the

family read" each night by everyone jumping into one bed before bed time

Scholastic Kids and Family Reading Report, Sept 2016

When??• Travel time - Children having turns of reading to

everyone in the car while on the way to school/home etc, or while seated before driving off

• Visitors - Make it a tradition for every visitor to the home to listen to your child read or read them a story

Scholastic Kids and Family Reading Report, Sept 2016