It is no secret that children who read for pleasure are likely to do significantly better in formal exams than their peers.
Reading for pleasure was found to be more important for children’s cognitive development than their parents’ level of education. Click here for the full report.
Reading for pleasure not only improves academic success, it has also been shown to improve emotional intelligence, empathy, creativity, confidence and general wellbeing.
The list of benefits goes on and on. Click here for more research on this subject.
Today, children have so much online and offline entertainment available to them, that struggling through reading isn’t always an attractive option.
Evidence suggests that most children say that they don’t enjoy reading.
If for whatever reason a child struggles learning to read, expecting them to read for pleasure is ambitious.
Knowing from first hand experience how very hard it can be to instil a love of reading in dyslexic children, I’ve created this video to share honestly about the mistakes I made and what I would do if I had my time over again.
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To help parents, I have also created a fun pamphlet packed full of practical ideas that will not only make reading together something you both enjoy, it will also help deepen the emotional connection with your child.
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