The RIF Family Guide to Encouraging Young Readers

A reader-friendly volume aimed at parents and carers packed with ideas for encouraging and promoting reading (and sometimes writing) preceded by some down-to-earth good sense about making reading and learning to read enjoyable. There are fourteen sections with activities centering on locations such as the kitchen, supermarket and the road, or themes - TV tie-ins, newspapers, seasons - for instance. As someone who believes that reading should be intrinsically rewarding I am less happy with the 'signs of progress' section though I have to admit to liking the idea of Dad chopping a chunk off a detested tie each time a book is read aloud (presumably by him!).