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How to Engage Reluctant Readers- Part 2: Strategies to Hook Pre-readers
This post is the second part of our series, How to Engage Reluctant Readers. The strategies in this post are designed for babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers who haven’t yet learned to read. If you’re...
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Reading Tip: How to choose book gifts for babies
I first wrote a version of this post for Culture Street, but with the birth of the new member of the British Royal Family, it felt fitting to publish these tips for choosing baby books on My Little...
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6 ways that books help children through milestones
Definition of MILESTONE mile•stone noun. 1. A significant stage or event in life. 2. A turning point There are particular milestones that most children will experience as they grow and develop-...
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12 Fun Ways to Enjoy Your Christmas Book Collection
It’s time to dust off the Christmas books you’ve had packed away for the year. If you’re anything like me, you may have a little Christmas book addiction. With so many irresistible books published each...
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Care Package Ideas for Children in Hospital
Today, Baby Ike is a healthy, active, curious, inquisitive, social and happy little boy. This certainly helps me to reflect on first few weeks with some positivity. Exactly one year ago, Baby Ike...
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TIPS FOR READING ALOUD TO CHILDREN
Reading aloud to children; It’s not new, but it is fast becoming evident, through research studies, that ‘reading with children from birth is … one of the most important activities families,...
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An A-Z of Learning to Read: A Guide for Parents
Welcome to An A to Z of Learning to Read, a series designed to guide parents through the ins and outs of learning to read. The series is not a structured program to follow that will lead to instant...
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An A to Z of Learning to Read: A Glossary of Reading Terms
In the introduction to this series we talked about the process of learning to read being similar to that of baking a cake. In this post, we are going to briefly define the ingredients needed for...
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An A to Z of Learning to Read: Print Awareness
If learning to read is like baking a cake, as I described in the first post of this series, then developing an awareness of print could be seen as the first step in the process. While many of the...
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An A to Z of Learning to Read: Phonological and Phonemic Awareness
Phonological awareness and phonemic awareness are both important ingredients for reading. However, the two terms are often confused; probably because the two words look and sound similar. They both...
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An A to Z of Learning to Read: Whole Language and Phonics Approaches to Reading
For decades there has been fierce debate over which major approach to reading is more effective, with Phonics and Whole Language taking up the two corners of the ring. But, I’ve never really...
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