{"id":298,"date":"2020-11-10T19:08:53","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T19:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/fordbankprimaryschoolren\/?page_id=298"},"modified":"2022-10-19T23:58:18","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T22:58:18","slug":"supporting-reading-at-home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/fordbankprimaryschoolren\/supporting-reading-at-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some things to think about when talking\/spending time together with younger children:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Talk about what you\u2019re doing as you carry out everyday tasks like making lunch\/dinner, washing up etc.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Point out all of the things you see around you when you\u2019re out at the park, on the way to school, at the supermarket etc.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Look at your child when you and they are talking \u2013 it shows that you are interested in what they have to say.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0If your child says something incorrectly instead of correcting, say it back in the correct way.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These are some things to think about when talking\/spending time together with\u00a0<strong>younger children<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Read lots of stories, rhymes and songs together!<\/li>\n<li>Make up your own stories together. Use funny voices for characters and act them out!<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These are some things to think about when talking\/spending time together with\u00a0<strong>older children<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Play board\/card games together.<\/li>\n<li>Watch Newsround together and talk about what you think\/how you felt about one of the articles. We do this at school so your child will be used to and good at this and you can learn together!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These are some things to think about when talking\/spending time together with older children:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Talk about their day as you do things around the house together e.g. washing up, eating. This is more relaxing for your child and takes the pressure off them to speak as they\u2019re also doing something else. If this is tricky to begin with remember two things:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1. Use the language they use and<\/p>\n<p>2. Ask them to be more specific. Try asking questions such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cWhat was the best question you asked today?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWhat was the best\/funniest\/strangest\/most exciting\/worst thing that happened to you today?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWhat are you looking forward to tomorrow?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Was there anything that you didn\u2019t understand at school today?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Ask your child to teach you something that they learned today because that\u2019s the way they learn most effectively and they\u2019ll remember 90% of what they\u2019ve learned!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/public\/fordbankprimaryschoolren\/uploads\/sites\/2973\/2020\/11\/10191000\/reiciprocal_teaching_strategy_handout__copy_2_0.pdf\">reiciprocal_teaching_strategy_handout__copy_2_0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/public\/fordbankprimaryschoolren\/uploads\/sites\/2973\/2020\/11\/10191138\/reciprocal-reading-guide-for-parents.pdf\">reciprocal reading guide for parents<\/a><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/bitesize\/articles\/zbxby9q<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Some things to think about when talking\/spending time together with younger children: \u00a0Talk about what you\u2019re doing as you carry out everyday tasks like making lunch\/dinner, washing up etc. \u00a0Point out all of the things you see around you when you\u2019re out at the park, on the way to school, at the supermarket etc. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/fordbankprimaryschoolren\/supporting-reading-at-home\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Top Tips<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6818,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-298","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/fordbankprimaryschoolren\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/fordbankprimaryschoolren\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/fordbankprimaryschoolren\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/fordbankprimaryschoolren\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6818"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/fordbankprimaryschoolren\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=298"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/fordbankprimaryschoolren\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":716,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/fordbankprimaryschoolren\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/298\/revisions\/716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/fordbankprimaryschoolren\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}