How often do you hear your reception child read to you?

[Jezabelle]

Do you get them to read everyday? If they don't want to, do you insist or just not bother? How often would teachers recommend that you hear your reception child read?

I used to teach year three.

It really does make such a huge difference to children if parents can read with them every single day, even if for a short time. It also really helps if books and reading (magazines, comics, whatever) are part of everyday life.

I had a small class (12) and we had such a packed day that it was hard to hear them read even twice a week - hence the help of being heard at home.

The child in my class who struggled the most couldn't read at all when he came to me (transferred from another school). When I met with his mum she told me she'd never read with him and they didn't have any books in the house

He could read by the time he left my class and he had a book from me for Christmas!

DD is in reception & she reads to me (or DH) every day single day. Only for 10-15mins is she is tired/not feeling like it (then we just read the books from school), but if she's in the mood she will happily sit & read to me for an hour or more (her own story books, library books, e-books, whatever!) She is also getting into reading labels on things, magazines, junk mail, anything really!

I (or DH) always read her a bedtime story (or two) as well.

Any teacher/TA I've heard voice an opinion on this says it makes a big difference if kids get lots of reading support at home.

Well I have to be honest, I don't formally hear DS1 every day but he will read something most days as we do a lot of on the hoof reading. He is an excellent reader (just gone onto Lime band = roughly ORT Stage 11 I think), partly because that's how he is and partly because the little bits of informal reading we do throughout the day add up to a lot and of course his reading level is such that now he just reads any text he sees as a reflex.

He gets a VAST amount of stories read to him (at bedtime 3 or 4 stories, depending on behaviour, and a story can be a chapter of Paddington, Branestawm or similar, plus I like to do some books in the evening/morning in addition to school reading), so I'm no slouch!

I never ask him to do his reading book as part of bedtime but now that he's getting more interesting books he occasionally asks to do it (in which case we often grant the reading book as an extra and are horrifically late to sleep)

Gosh that's an awful lot of waffle. We only get a reading book from school once a week. We should get two but school are struggling to find appropriate ones at the moment. When he does get a book he usually wants to read it right through from beginning to end. So all our school reading is condensed into one or two humungous sessions a week. Then I supplement with at least one more session using library books etc. Doesn't sound like a lot but I think it's okay...

I posed the question because I do not hear dd1 read everyday. I do, and always have read her 2 stories every night, (from the age of 6 months), I try to hear her regularly, (three or four times a week), but I opened the reading diary yesterday and saw that she had not read for over a week! I actually felt awful. She's doing ok with her reading but is not amazing.

Lookandleard I think I would probably benefit from trying to hear her every single day and then if we're very busy or she's very tired, it won't matter too much.

She doesn't dislike reading, but would always say "no, could you read it please." I have started making deals with her, eg. you read me this one and I'll read you your 2 bedtime stories. I guess she might start enjoying the whole thing a bit more as she becomes more fluent?

Trifling, I might try and make it part of our morning routine too. She's less tired then, will just have to make more of an effort to get pack lunch and uniform sorted the night before so that we're not rushing!

Pretty well every night. Was never bothered about most of the homework (waste of time) but reading was important.

when dd was in reception we did it most nights unless at a friends house for tea or some thing. i wouldnt make her do it friday or saturday nights either. now in year 1 about 3 times a week but she reads to herself in bed every night any way.

Five or six times a week , for around 20 mins.

Hi,
Listening to your child read is important, however you want them to grow up enjoying reading and wanting to learn. How about talking about the book, characters etc.... Acting the story out (this will help with comprehension), you reading the story and dramatising it. It has been proved that children that learn stories from a young age develop a bank of 'blue prints' for writing their own stories. How about drawing pictures to tell the story. Sometimes at the end of the day children can become very tired. You sound like a very dedicated parent that wants the best so take each day as it comes, the school will hear them read and you will try when it is appropriate.

We have always read to ds1, every single night, for around 20 mins. His language is fantastic, very wide vocab and teachers always comment. Reading not so good (tho he's only in Reception). I know the love of books, and fluency in speaking comes from being read to, but not sure how much it helps the actual reading unless you are pointing out words from a young age (This word is 'the'...etc. etc.) which we have never done

I read to my daughter every night for 30 mins. We usually do 2 or 3 books , some of which are those she has bought home from school. Now she can read she will usually read at least one of those herself which means bedtime takes longer but she loves reading and the books are a reward for good behaviour etc.

we read 15 mins per night - my DD will read her school book and then we spend 5 mins talking about the book, similar things in real life (importance for comprehension and relevance). I also encourage her to write a story on a small whiteboard (school provided) using the key words she has learnt. She loves it and would continue all night if i let her! She does it in bed as i find her too distracted otherwise!

Most days but not if he says he's tired or already done a lot of reading in school.
Also, just for a short time or until he's showing signs that he's had enough.
We also read to him every day. He's just started reading to his little brother - very cute!

If it's a choice between reading to your child and hearing them read to you then always, always,alwys choose the reading to option.

Bizarre italics there. Doesn't make it any less right, though!

Every day at home, without fail. Three times a week at school with teacher/TA/Year 6 pupil.

She absolutely loves it though, so haven't had any issue of her not wanting to.

Did this with DS who is now Y1 and can just read.... and read... and read... his overall learning of all subjects is massively enhanced by being able to read so well. He didn't even know his letters when he started YR, so this is not a case of pushy parents having him read age 3 or anything!

We do lots of reading to him, and he does a bit of reading to us, only when he feels like it. Maybe a couple of times a week. I'm not pushing him at all with it, I want books to be associated with fun not pressure at home, as he has struggled with all the various pressures associated with starting school and my main priority is to get him relaxed and un-stressed at home. He is very proud of himself when he does it, but it is very much under his control not mine at the moment. His reading is coming on really well and he's in the most able group for literacy, although is the youngest in the class.

DD always has at least one bedtime story. She doesn't read to me every night - she did at the beginning of reception but as the books are getting a bit harder she is sometimes more reluctant to and I don't want to push it. She can basically read fluently (not quite up to the heady heights of mrsgboring's DS) and I think is reading more to herself now as well.

Might try and gently encourage her a bit more though.

Never, he hated it and I didn't want to turn him off.

Read to him constantly though.

About three times a week. DGS is 5.1 and reading pretty well already, but I don't push it.

I read about the same number of times per week with my own children and they were all different. My eldest was a slow reader, second pretty good, but my DGS (who resides with me) is the fastest. Nothing has been done differently, they all vary and without fail they all read in the end!

It varies. At least 2/3 times a week - every time she gets a new book from school. And then sometimes she wants to read other books to me, so some weeks it's nearly every night. We always read to her though, whatever.

reading and spellings daily.ds2 loves that he gets 'homework' like dd and ds1.they didnt bring home anything till half way through y1.

D'oh. Just noticed you meant reception, my DD is in year one. A bit less then probably in reception as we didn't get so many books sent home.

Everyday without fail.

She reads at school to teacher or assistant every morning and with us at night or in the morning. She loves it, so it's not a chore