Ultimate parenting hack?

[HenryWarren]

Hi all
Thought this might be useful to this group.
Turns out if we just turn subtitles on for our sprogs it can double the chance of them becoming a strong reader. Here's a piece on Good Morning Britain about it: https://twitter.com/gmb/status/1767800904512589925?s=48&t=_KpSHThW-vTOOtfbBqGLGQ
Hope it's useful.

Yep I do this!

Ds taught himself to read with subtitles. He had glue ear and it was a struggle to hear, so subtitles meant he could listen.

It also meant he had an odd reading vocabulary for a while as he was into WWII and plane documentaries.

The smugness on that twitter thread is dreadful 🙄

We originally put them on because our screaming baby made it impossible to watch TV. They've been on ever since.

I was hoping for spontaneous reading to suddenly occur, but it's taken until Reception Class for my eldest to get going.

He's almost five and starting to read quite well. I've got nothing to use as reference point, so i don't know if that's good, bad or normal.

If you want to know more you can go to www.turnonthesubtitles.org/parents