Children need support to develop the habit and love of reading. How can you be their inspiration?

Tempt

• Talk about your interests. Find connected texts that tempt to explore and discuss together. Explore by going on a reading treasure hunt!
• Find regular opportunities to visit your local or school library.
• Recognise and celebrate diversity in texts.
• Empower your child to rad a wide range of texts - magazines, comics, graphic novels and reading that reflects different realities.

Share

• Make reading time relaxed and interactive - chat about pictures, characters, likes, dislikes and interesting facts.
• Find regular time to read aloud and share texts together.
• Invite others into the reading space - welcome siblings, grandparents and other family members to share and talk about top reads together.

Support

• Be a reading role model - share what you like to read in your own time.
• Ensure that reading and book chat are par of the everyday family routine. Thin about when and how this could best fit into your day.
• Join in with opportunities to build a home-school reading connection.

Age appropriate book recommendations

Graphic novel recommendations