As part of Coleham School’s ongoing commitment to nurturing a love of reading across our school community, we want to make it as easy and enjoyable as possible for families to share stories, build reading habits, and help children grow as confident, enthusiastic readers. The Raise a Reader guidance attached below offers simple, inspiring ideas to help you do just that.
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How This Guidance Can Help You Support Reading at Home
The Raise a Reader pack offers simple, practical ideas to make reading an enjoyable and meaningful part of family life. It highlights how powerful it is for children to see adults reading, encourages families to create cosy, distraction‑free reading spaces, and provides prompts for talking together about books to build understanding and confidence. The pack also includes helpful tools such as reading reward charts, review sheets, and suggestions for swapping books or visiting the library, all designed to spark excitement and motivation. Above all, it emphasises having fun and enjoying stories together—because these small, regular moments of shared reading can make a big difference to your child’s confidence, imagination, and long‑term love of reading.