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mushychelle 19:59Welcome to tonights #ukedchat: how can / do we enablestudents to discover the joy of reading? Tips for success?#worldbookday

informed_edu 20:00 #ukedchat If they were read to as little kids, and get to read to

parents when older, they'll 'get' the love of reading.

ukedchat 20:00Please remember to include the #ukedchat hash tag near the startof your tweets, to ensure your comments hit the archive. Thankyou :-)

mushychelle 20:00 #ukedchat @greeninkuk created a wallwisher wall for class aboutwhy reading is important, great contributions http://bit.ly/dXOuey

SusanElkinJourn 20:01#ukedchat. Please forgive the plug but my book 'Unlocking theReader in Every Child' by Susan Elkin (Ransom, 2010) has lots of tips& ideas.

mushychelle 20:01 RT @informed_edu: #ukedchat If they were read to as little kids, &get 2 read 2 parents when older, they'll 'get' love of reading.

hrogerson 20:01 Good question, kids tend to fall into two camps read a lot or don't. Ididn't at school, we didn't have many books at home #ukedchat

briankotts 20:01 Happy World Book Day, everyone! http://worldbookday.com/#edtech #edchat #eduswe #dkudd #ukedchat #worldbookday

colport 20:01Enjoyment of reading. Does this need to start before pupils attendschool? #ukedchat Onus on parents?

informed_edu 20:02@colport Parents need to model the behaviour of enjoying regularreading, as with all other things! #ukedchat

colport 20:02@SusanElkinJourn Can you share any good ideas that spring tomind? #ukedchat

hrogerson 20:02 @colport #ukedchat I think that parents are the biggest influence,you don't do much reading at school, home is the time for it.

mushychelle 20:02@colport yes I think pupils need to enjoy reading before startingschool #ukedchat

hrogerson 20:03Does anyone do work with parents, helping them to find books fortheir children? #ukedchat

mushychelle 20:03RT @informed_edu: Parents need to model the behaviour of enjoying regular reading, as with all other things! #ukedchat