Will you be putting together a summer reading list?
It is certainly amongst my to-do items, and I shall also be casting my attention to my son’s summer reading soon.
Reading throughout the impending school holidays can …

Although I believe, as parents, we must take on the responsibility of garnishing our children’s love of reading there are plenty of organisations and initiatives that can aid us.
Here is a list of a few …

Everywhere you look there is news from the World Cup.  It is unavoidable whether you love or loathe football.
I am somewhere in the middle of those two groups.  I enjoy watching football, and usually a …

Raising a reader is the wish and hope of millions of parents, but what is the best way to incentivise your children to read?

This is something I’ve thought about a lot, probably too much, as …

Virtually every night we are at home, I stand with my son at his Tidy Books bookcase, and we set about choosing what books we are going to read.
Sometimes this is a very quick process, …

In my last blog post, about how children like to imitate adults, and how therefore I have made a conscious effort to read by example, I wrote about why I think I was reading very …

As a parent looking to instil a strong love of books in my child, I am always open eared to the ideas and practices of others.
It is reassuring when you do read ideas, and pick …

As a parent, a parent of a child in his first year of school, my role for encouraging his reading has come under closer self-scrutiny.
I have always wondered how I can affect my son’s potential …

A recent tabloid headline got our attention.
‘Half of all parents too busy to read a bedtime story to children’ Read the article headline, published earlier this month in the Daily Mail.
The story was based on …

We are encouraged to read to our children, and have them read back, as much as is physically possible.  The many benefits, to both child, and parent, are so obvious they probably do not need …