Literacy and Phonics
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Free guide: Reading with your child
As parents, we all want the best for our children. We’re probably all aware that it’s important to make sure they are confident, fluent readers who enjoy reading, but often it’s hard to know where to start. Should you read to your baby? What can you do to help get your children familiar with words and reading before they go to school? And how do you help them progress at school when the teaching is different nowadays?
We've created a guide to reading with children, which we hope will help answer all your questions and give you advice on helping struggling readers.
Top 10 tips to encourage and inspire children to get #ReadingAtHome
Bug Club is 10 years old! As part of our celebrations, we asked experts and authors what they recommend to get children reading.
Download our top 10 tips for reading at home
Get involved
Tag us on social media @PearsonSchools and share your photos of you reading at home! Just use the hashtag #ReadingAtHome. We can't wait to see what you have been up to!
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Supporting children with SEND
We're aware that school closures will cause particular concerns for parents of children with special education needs (SEND).
We have created a guide for supporting children with SEND, with strategies to help you support your child at home and guidance on using our Rapid series for struggling readers.
What is phonics?
Sophie Thomson, Head of English and extended curriculum, explains what phonics are, how they work and provides practical guidance to help you help your child learn to read at home.
Guides to phonics
We've created a straightforward guide to supporting phonics learning at home, with a progression chart to show you the order in which phonic sounds are taught in school and an FAQs document.
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Boost your child’s reading with Bug Club Phonics
Our new Bug Club Phonics packs are designed to help your child gain a strong foundation in reading, writing and spelling, and get ready for the Year 1 phonics check.
There are five packs, covering phonics phases 2-5 for Reception and Year 1. They follow the same methodology that has made Bug Club loved by millions of children around the world.
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Why reading aloud to your child matters?
Curriculum expert Mary Myatt discusses the benefits of reading aloud to young children and its long-term effects.
Do you need inspiration to read aloud to your child? Teachers from the Knowledge Schools Trust give tips and useful advice to make your reading session more enjoyable.
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It's story time with Bug Club Shared Reading!
Bug Club Shared Reading features highly engaging titles with beautifully illustrated stories, designed to be read out loud.
Books expose children to rich, curriculum-linked vocabulary, helping to build an understanding across school subjects and cultivate a love for reading.
Have you checked our great read aloud videos? Use them with your child on your next reading session!