We believe that it is very important for children in the Foundation Stage to develop a love of books and enthusiasm for promoting their reading skills to enable them to gain knowledge and enjoyment from reading. As a parent you are their first teacher and can play a vital role in the partnership between home and nursery by supporting your child’s learning.
The children in the Foundation Stage class are exposed to a ‘print-rich’ environment of signs, labels, books, key words, displays and role play areas that give opportunities for 'reading', all of which the children are encouraged to notice. There is a book area of picture books, or ‘real’ books which the children can enjoy sharing and listening to during story time. In this way children’s enjoyment and a sense of purpose for reading is fostered.
‘Parents and carers….involvement in developing reading through providing a wide range of experiences and a language-rich environment is vital’ National Literacy Association 2010.
We hope that you will be able to help your child with their reading at home through a number of activities. It is important that your child enjoys reading with you and that it is not a chore. There are many activities that you can do together to help them. Try and use a variety throughout the week. The skills that they are developing are as follows:
Reading Skills to Develop (taken from the Early Years Foundation Stage practise guidance arranged in developmental order from 30 months to the Early Learning Goals)
Listen to and join in with stories and poems
Begin to be aware of the way stories are structured
Suggest how the story might end
Show interest in illustrations and print in books and print in the environment
Handle books carefully
Know information can be relayed in the form of print
Hold books the correct way up and turn pages
Understand the concept of a word
Explore and experiment with sounds, words and texts
Retell narratives in the correct sequence, drawing on language patterns of stories
Know that print carries meaning and, in English, is read from left to right and top to bottom
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