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Win 1 of 10 copies of Helping Children Become Better Readers from the Best Selling Author Patricia Hipwell

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When you help your child with their home readers or listen to them read, do you find that they, or you, become anxious and frustrated? Rather than being a pleasant experience, is it a tense time and you just wish it was all over? If you’ve answered ‘yes’, you’re not alone and if you’ve answered ‘no’, then we want what you’ve got!

For many parents and others who assist children as they learn to read, it’s a difficult time, especially if your child struggles with reading. Unless you have learnt how to teach children to read, it’s unlikely you’ll know how to do it. You may have a vague memory of how you learnt or what your parents and teachers said to you. Despite your best efforts, though, some of what you do as you support your child has the potential to turn them off reading.

When it comes to reading, Australian children are being left behind. International and national testing shows that Australia has the second largest proportion of children below the international intermediate benchmark among English speaking countries. Results from PISA show that reading standards have fallen dramatically this century. While NAPLAN results reveal some improvement in the percentage of children at National Minimum Standard (NMS) since NAPLAN was first introduced in 2008, children only have to get approximately 25% of the reading questions correct to be considered at NMS. Your child’s NAPLAN results may give you the impression that everything is fine when it may not be.

It’s important you say and do what will foster reading development, rather than discourage it. So, what are the best ways to encourage and support your child? Helping children become better readers … a guide for parents, caregivers, teachers and aides gives practical, and easily implemented approaches to support the developing reader. It identifies the reading behaviours of successful and less successful readers so you can see if your child is likely to make progress or not. The majority of the book is organised in the following way:

If your child … This identifies the reading behaviour

Then: This provides a possible reason or reasons for the behaviour.

So, you can: These are suggested ways to respond to the behaviour. Choose from several suggestions.

This is because: These are the reasons for the suggested ways to respond.

In a nutshell: This is a summary of the main points.

If you follow the ideas in the book, home reading will be enjoyable for you and your child your child will gain confidence, develop a love of reading and be more likely to seek a book for entertainment than a screen. Nobody persists with something they find too difficult, so it’s critical parents set their children up for success. We know that a small gap between your child’s reading level and that of others quickly becomes a large one that is almost impossible to close. Without strong reading skills, schooling is difficult for your child.

This book is available in all good bookstores and online at www.boolarongpress.com.au

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Please note this competition is open from 3rd February 2022 until 3rd March 2022 and is only available to members of Mouths Of Mums. This competition is a game of skill – answer in 50 words or less. We are unable to accept entries posted via facebook. Facebook LIKE functionality is not a requirement of entry to this competition. The winners of this competition will be published on this page. Winners’ name and address will be provided to the promoter of this competition and prizes will be sent to the address you have in Your Profile. Please ensure your details are up to date so that you receive your prize.

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Winners for this competition

  1. R. WoodNSW
  2. I. HarveyNSW
  3. J. ByrneQLD
  4. P. ChandraNSW
  5. N. CartwrightVIC
  6. C. ScarfoSA
  7. H. KilpatrickNSW
  8. J. SpagnoloNSW
  9. A. O'DwyerNSW
  10. R. MashfordNT

  • Lots and lots of books on their favourite things

  • My partner would loves to read these books to help us teach our son using the best methods

  • Sounds like a brilliant book, would love to use it to help teach my son to read. We look at books everyday but he is still working on learning his first words.

  • I am teaching my son his first words currently but would love to give this book a read so that I can start teaching him to read when he is ready

  • I try to expose them to a variety of text. When they don’t know a word or understand it, I ask them to break it up and sound it out, and to read the whole sentence to gauge meaning from text.

  • We read every night so they get used to it. Pointing out different letters and sounds

  • We take it in turns to read my sons books. Then I read my book to him so he falls asleep. I’m hoping it helps them dream creatively. My husband loves reading with voices, but my kids sadly aren’t impressed. I, however, think it’s hilarious. If anything, I hope they remember how silly he was reading to them.

  • At the moment we have been focusing on recognising all the letters and numbers first so that she is able to then associate sounds with them. We read story books, play with letter duplo, have letter magnets on the fridge, and watch educational videos.

  • My grandson is in Year 1 this year and such an important age to encourage his reading and this will help Mum, Dad and me with listening to him and guiding him with his readers.

  • My granddaughter aged 10 is a poor reader. At every opportunity her Poppy and I read with her, I also do word puzzles with her which she really likes.

  • My daughter is dyslexic so any resources to support her would be great to have.

  • With my 4 year old we first focused on sounds of each letter so when he gets stuck on a new word, he knows to sound it out to see if he can get it

  • Lucky I have my husband whom is native English speaker, whom has helped our daughter with reading/speaking

  • I help my child with reading by setting a dedicated time to read, we sit and he reads 3 pages of a book that has an interest to him. Ie. Mindcraft theme. Then I read 3 pages. Then he reads his school readers. It’s a hard task that I need help with

  • I try to sit with her every night to listen and help with any words she struggled with. I hope I’m avtually helping, not hindering

  • From a very early age all my kids were read to every night before going to bed. It’s now part of our everyday routine that three of each of their favourite books are read. People have commented on how well spoken they are for their ages. Knowledge is power so reading books is a must in our house.

  • I help my kids learn to read by…Making Connections…Asking Questions…Make Mind Movies…Look For Clues…Figure Out What’s Important…Check Understanding…And Try New Things!

  • I am at a loss as to how to encourage my son to read more. He is in the spectrum, however can read. But loathes the idea. Being a non reader as a child myself, I now see how much of a difference it would have made to me. I believe it helps in so many ways. The idea of this book sounds wonderful.

  • When we’re out and about, I constantly point out words and letters. Plus, by reading to them….very important! And have them read to me

  • Monkey see, monkey do! I love reading and will read at any opportunity and so will my kids. We read together every night and its something they really look forward to.

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