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Love to Read: Reception

2023 – 2024

In the earliest stages of learning to read, it is essential that children are not only taught the necessary skills to become independent readers, but that they also develop a love and interest in books and reading, and choose to read (both independently and with others) outside of school.

In this project we created a reading for pleasure programme for reception year children in England, and evaluated it across six school settings.  The programme focused on fostering reading enjoyment (positive attitudes towards books and reading), skills (to self-select books they will enjoy) and behaviour (volitional independent and shared reading).

It aimed to develop teachers’ depth of research knowledge in this area, embedding this within the context of pedagogical practices to support children’s reading attitudes, skills and behaviours.

You can access a copy of the programme here: Love to Read Reception Programme FINAL

 

This project was funded by Education Endowment Foundation. 

To learn more, please contact Sarah: s.mcgeown@ed.ac.uk

 

Principal Investigator: Dr Jamie Lingwood, Liverpool Hope University

Co-Investigator: Dr Sarah McGeown, University of Edinburgh

Project Partners: Dr Christina Clark (Director of Research), National Literacy Trust

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