This National Open College Network accredited training course is aimed at training parents and carers to offer one to one reading support at home. It provides the tools to help participants identify reading difficulties and to develop strategies to cope with struggling readers. It also helps to promote a strong home/school partnership.
Download Parents and Carers as Partners Fact sheet.pdf (150kb)The Reading Together Workshop encourages parents and carers to begin to support reading development in the home. It provides tips and techniques on how to spot reading difficulties, the value of sharing reading, the importance of reading for meaning and a section on how to choose the right reading materials. These are all activities, which can help to increase young people’s confidence and encourage a life long love of reading.
Download Reading Together Workshop Fact sheet.pdf (150kb)
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