Teaching Reading
At Shakespeare and More, we think that learning to read is just about the single most important thing children learn to do at primary school.
If a child can read well by the time they leave primary school, they’re ready to take on the challenges of life. They’ll be able to access the curriculum at secondary school, will have access to new ideas and knowledge, their command of language will improve, and they’ll get lots of enjoyment from the books and other things they read. So, how do we get them to do it?
Reading is a complicated old business. For the sake of our own sanity, let’s think about it as three interlinked things:
Word-Reading
Comprehension
Enjoying Reading
If a child can read well by the time they leave primary school, they’re ready to take on the challenges of life. They’ll be able to access the curriculum at secondary school, will have access to new ideas and knowledge, their command of language will improve, and they’ll get lots of enjoyment from the books and other things they read. So, how do we get them to do it?
Reading is a complicated old business. For the sake of our own sanity, let’s think about it as three interlinked things:
Word-Reading
Comprehension
Enjoying Reading
