Great ways to enjoy reading with your children
- Sharing a book with a child is fun - it's a time for closeness, laughing and talking together
- Make time for books and reading together
- You can share books anywhere, in a chair, in the bath, on a train, or at bedtime
- Children who enjoy reading do better at school
- Talk about what is happening in the pictures to help your child make sense of the story
- Enjoy the rhyming words and laughing together at the funny bits
- Help bring the books to life - draw pictures of your child's favourite characters and make up stories about them together
- Find out about recommended books at libraries, bookshops and on book websites. Why not start by heading to the Booktrust Children's site?
Finding out more
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Find out more about recommended books, features, authors, illustrators and more on Booktrust's children's books website:
For more information on why and how reading with your children can help them, not just in their reading, but in their confidence, self-esteem and education as a whole, visit the Family Reading Campaign site:
