Digby the Tedder Primary School
'Children who are good at reading do more of it: they learn more, about all sorts of things, and their expanded vocabulary, gained from their reading, increases their ease of access to more reading. Conversely, those for whom reading is difficult fall behind, not just in their reading but in all subjects and a vicious circle develops.'
Gov Reading Framework 2023
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Parents quotes
First, parents who engage their children in books prepare them to become committed and enthusiastic readers: they can transform their attitudes to reading.14 Their children learn to focus and share the enjoyment of the story; they learn how stories start and finish, and how a plot unravels and is resolved; they learn that books can transport them elsewhere. Without this, as Wolf said, they cannot experience
‘the exquisite joys of immersion in the reading life.’
Researchers in the United States who had looked at the impact of parents reading with their children quoted the following figures in a news release about their findings: Here’s how many words kids would have heard by the time they were 5 years old: Never read to, 4,662 words; 1–2 times per week, 63,570 words; 3–5 times per week, 169,520 words; daily, 296,660 words; and five books a day, 1,483,300 words.
Multiple studies suggest that enjoyment is associated with higher reading performance.20 The recent 2021 PIRLS data for England showed that the pupils who said they liked reading the most scored, on average, 34 points more than those who said they did not like reading.21 In effect, pupils who are reading regularly for enjoyment give themselves unofficial reading lessons, supporting their reading comprehension
Wide recreational reading expands pupils’ knowledge about the world and about language, as well as their understanding of subject-specific academic and technical vocabulary.23 Such knowledge eases their access to the whole curriculum. Higher performance in mathematics has also been found
Further, pupils who read regularly report heightened levels of social and emotional wellbeing.25 For many, reading is a form of relaxation, a place to escape everyday challenges, a source of entertainment. Reading allows readers to adopt new perspectives, develop empathy and become more socially conscious
Children who are good at reading do more of it: they learn more, about all sorts of things, and their expanded vocabulary, gained from their reading, increases their ease of access to more reading. Conversely, those for whom reading is difficult fall behind, not just in their reading but in all subjects and a vicious circle develops
Young children typically gain several new words a day, acquiring vocabulary at an ‘astonishing rate’.42 Yet by the time they start school, some children will have heard millions more words than others.43 The number of words a child has heard and can speak by the age of three is a predictor of later language development, so these early vocabulary gains are critically important.44 A language-rich environment is one in which adults talk with children throughout the day. The more children take part in conversations and discussion, the more they will understand once they can read and the more vocabulary and ideas they will have to draw on when they can write
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