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Read a story together, responding to a key word when it is heard.
Think how your child could respond. E.g. have a puppet they hold up when that puppet’s
name is used. Make a noise or do an action when the target word is heard.

• E.g. ‘Duck’ – child says quack quack
Stuck in a Truck / Captain Duck / Fix it Duck: Author Jez Alborough, Publisher Harper
Collins Children’s Books

• E.g. Mouse, Fox, Giraffe, Dog – child makes animal sound or points to a picture
card showing all the options
Smartest Giant in Town: Authors: Julia Donaldson & Alex Scheffler
DearZoo: Author Rod Campbell, Publisher various e.g. Puffinbooks– listenfor ananimalname

• E.g. Whoosh they were gone
Room on the Broom: Author: Julia Donalson & Axel Scheffler, Publisher:
Macmillan Children’s Books

Respond to a key phrase with an action or symbolic noise, ‘and Whoosh they were
gone’, child says Whoosh with an action.

Read a book or magazine between you
Read from a book your child can read. The adult reads, the child tracks with their finger
or visually. You pause and your child tells you the next word.
1. Pause at the end of a sentence.
2. Pause before last word in a sentence.
3.Pause at random in the middle of sentences.

Shared television guide (or something similar with brief descriptions of things)
• Talk about different programs.
• Read out a brief description of the program. Can your child identify which review you
are reading from?

Share a children’s magazine together
• If your child can read, stop mid-sentence and ask your child to carry on. Have they
followed which word you are up to?
•If your child can’t read, ask them to repeat back what you have said. Use one of the
speech bubbles for someone talking. Do they use the same expression as you?

Listen to made-up stories
Make up your own story. Be Imaginative!
•Create a character that goes on adventures. It may be family members, it might be
a character from a book. Use ideas which relate to your child and their life
experiences.

• You can make up different stories or carry on with old adventures and add to them.
• E.g. When I was as small as a pin (with thanks to Sarah Sharpe for original idea)
• E.g. When Grandpa was young...
• E.g. When I’m invisible I love to...

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