Reading for pleasure

Resources to support you with encouraging reading for pleasure

Bug Club Reading Corner
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1. Reading for Pleasure changes lives

2. Teacher's knowledge of children's literature and other texts

3. Teacher's knowledge of children as readers

4. Reading aloud and informal book talk

5. Reading time and the social reading environment

6. Reading teachers and building communities of readers

Helping primary school teachers 'Get Everyone Reading' with Alec Williams
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  • Parent reading to child

    Empowering parents to support reading opens endless possibilities for children

    When a child makes the leap from reading because their teacher tells them they must, to reading for pleasure, they have picked up a good habit for a lifetime. True, not everybody is a great reader, and we all have our own unique skills to offer the world, but anybody’s reading can improve with time and patience. This is especially true for children who have the advantage of minds that are keen to learn and absorb information. That’s why helping children to keep gaining confidence in their reading, whatever their natural ability, is so fundamental and it is best achieved when the duty is shared by homes and schools.

  • Two young children smiling and looking at an e-reader

    Encouraging reading for pleasure together

    Whether by reading all together – or drawing on the amazing breadth of stories, characters, authors, illustrators, and formats out there – so long as their reading experience is a positive one, children can be encouraged on a lifelong reading journey. Debbie Hicks, Creative Director at The Reading Agency takes a look at how teachers and families can work together to get them going, helping young readers head in the right direction.

  • A young child is sat at a table, looking at an ipad, with classmates in the background

    The power of reading in schools

    How teachers can encourage reading for pleasure in the classroom

    When reading is fun it encourages real engagement, but the sad fact is not all children find it easy. For some children, reading is a challenge – which is why it is important for schools and families to support them to read for pleasure.

    Building on her recent blog on 'What superpowers can reading for pleasure give me?', The Reading Agency’s Creative Director, Debbie Hicks, shares some practical tips to encourage reading for pleasure in your school.