It has been my pleasure sharing Reading Matters with you this Autumn Term and the ways in which we support your child’s reading at school, alongside suggestions for the ways you can encourage reading at home.
In this final edition for 2022, I would like to give you some book recommendations for festive gifts. In this video from reading champion Scott Evans, you can discover the books published this December with some new editions that belong to favourite series:
Christmas 2022 Children’s Books I’m Most Excited About | Festive Favourites
In another useful publication to help you choose books that your children will love, here are the top 100 reads of 2022: 100 Books Loved by Children | Toppsta
To encourage children to read throughout the holidays, here is a mini Winter Reading Challenge brought to you from the Reading Agency (that runs the Summer Reading Challenge). As parents you can create a free profile for your child and they can log their reading, play games and earn digital rewards.
https://summerreadingchallenge.org.uk/
For children who love poetry, here is an advent calendar where doors to a new poem can be opened each day of December up to the 24th.
https://www.poetrybyheart.org.uk/advent-calendar/
And here is another advent calendar of stories each with a linked video where the book is read aloud.
https://calendar.myadvent.net/?id=o14xkadoy98hvjayhqm9ccy2csv12m7a&fbclid=IwAR25300_IoYBqiDw6IZeBw5me9t3At_kiPFl3awgTyGU4gZwVUdspKF164k
The holidays always present us with an opportunity to relax and here I have highlighted the films or programmes on television this Christmas linked to books. Happy viewing!
Check out some festive themed interviews in our Edge Grove School Journalists section and I wish all Edge Grove families a relaxing and enjoyable festive holiday, and a very Happy Christmas.
