Home+Reading

Home Reading Home reading is an important part of our homework program, and is intended as a pleasurable sharing experience for both the child and the parent. The books your child brings home are chosen by him/her, with the teacher’s supervision so your child should be interested in the content. As the purpose of reading is to gain meaning from the text, the reader should expect to make sense of what is read. 

Home reading should assist children to develop their reading skills with regular encouragement and support from parents. With the emphasis on sharing reading, you can either: · hear your child read · read to them · take turns reading parts · read aloud together · let them read silently and then talk about the book · hear your child read and ask them to predict what comes next.  Let your child guide you. Always be positive and look for opportunities to praise. Enjoy yourselves.

Home is a goldmine of reading materials. Parents do not have to spend a lot of money if they want to help their children read at home. Here are some everyday items that can be used for reading at home. <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #00b0f0; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Newspapers and Magazines <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #00b0f0; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">

Children can be encouraged to look up TV programs, news items of interest, bargains at the supermarket. This is good reading practice and it also provides useful information for the family. <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #00b0f0; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">The Food Cupboard <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #00b0f0; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">

Most packets and tins have writing on them. Ask your child to read the instructions for making something, eg. follow a recipe for mixing up cordial. If your child has read the instructions correctly, the product will turn out properly.

Competitions and promotions on food packets can provide high motivation for children in their pursuit of the written word.

This incorporates both maths and reading and it is relating it all back to “real life” situations. <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #00b0f0; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB','sans-serif';">