For teachers
Reading activities for the classroom
Ideas that help children choose to read, talk about books and look forward to story time. Each one has steps, what you need, ways to adapt it for your class, and a one-page plan to print.
For families: activities to try at home
2 activities
- Choice and browsing Book tasting café Turn the classroom into a café where pupils sample the first pages of lots of different books, then choose one to take away.
- Read-aloud and storytelling Cliffhanger read-aloud A daily class novel read aloud by the teacher, always stopping at a moment that leaves pupils desperate to know what happens next.