Listening to your child read can take many forms:

• First and foremost, focus on developing an enjoyment and love of reading.
• Enjoy stories together – reading stories to your child is equally as important as listening to your child read.
• Read a little at a time but often, rather than rarely but for long periods of time!
• Talk about the story before, during and afterwards – discuss the plot, the characters, their feelings and actions, how it makes you feel, predict what will happen and encourage your child to have their
  own opinions.
• Look up definitions of words together – you could use a dictionary, the Internet or an app on a phone
  or tablet.
• All reading is valuable – it doesn’t have to be just stories. Reading can involve anything from fiction and non-fiction, poetry, newspapers, magazines, football programmes, TV guides.
• Visit the local library - it’s free!

The following booklet contains more information on how you can support your child and contains a list of questions you could ask your child to check their understanding of texts.