Ideas and activities families can use to create reading opportunities with everyday things.
Structure and features
For families
These links from the GreatStart website focus on simple ideas and activities to help young children with reading.
- Reading together
- Exploring junk mail
- Make your own books
- Where are we going?
- Read my shirt
- Ordering take away
Each link describes:
- how long the activity will take
- where to do the activity
- skills that the activity improves
- the list of materials needed.
For teachers
These quick and easy activities can be shared with families to support learning at home. The additional information available in each link gives ideas for families to help children learn.
Links and files
Teacher notes
Learning opportunities
These activities promote learning in a number of areas including:
- oral language skills
- early reading skills
- early writing skills
Early Years Learning Framework outcomes
- Outcome 2: Children are connected with and contribute to their world
- Outcome 5: Children are effective communicators
