As a teacher, you have a great opportunity to inspire a love of reading in children. We know though that finding the time can be tricky. Here are some ideas of a few quick and easy things to try.
Make Your Reading Visible
Bring into school some of your favourite books for children.
Make reading aloud part of whole school assembly.
Let pupils catch you reading and not just in the classroom. In the playground or even at the start of assembly.
See if you can arrange a teacher's shelfie or book club.
Talk about what you are reading
Allow children to overhear you talking with colleagues about books that you enjoy.
You might find children want to get involved in these discussions.
Encourage all children to see themselves as readers
Encourage all types of reading.
Consider encouraging less confident readers to become Reading Ambassadors.
Reframe Reading as a Social Activity
Encourage shared and social reading.Â
See if you can create a comfy space where children can sit and read comfortably.
Encourage Parental Participation
Consider inviting parents to drop in sessions to chat about reading, or to be Reading Role Models for children.
Pageticker and Reading Role Models
Pageticker, our digital reading record, is a quick and easy way for teachers to track reading. It provides teachers with rich reading data. Also, it helps teachers to assign and recommend books to children in a few quick and easy steps.
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