{"id":9,"date":"2026-10-07T00:08:05","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T11:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-tutora\/reading-at-home-simple-habits-that-build-confident-readers\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T00:08:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T00:08:05","slug":"reading-at-home-simple-habits-that-build-confident-readers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-tutora\/reading-at-home-simple-habits-that-build-confident-readers\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading at home: simple habits that build confident readers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You do not need to be a teacher to help your child with reading. Short, regular reading at home, in a relaxed mood, makes a real difference to how confident children feel with books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Little and often<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ten to fifteen minutes a day is plenty for most children. Pick a time that works for your family, such as after dinner or at bedtime, and keep it calm and cosy rather than a test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Let them choose<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Visit the library and let your child pick books, comics or magazines they actually want to read.<\/li>\n\n<li>Mix easier books they can enjoy on their own with harder ones you read together.<\/li>\n\n<li>Non-fiction counts: books about animals, sport or space are great for curious readers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Talk about the story<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Questions help children understand what they read. Try asking:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What do you think will happen next, and why?<\/li>\n\n<li>How do you think this character feels?<\/li>\n\n<li>Which part did you like best?<\/li>\n\n<li>Can you tell me what happened in your own words?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When a word is tricky<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Give your child a moment to try. Encourage them to sound out the word, look at the picture or read the rest of the sentence for a clue. If they are still stuck, simply tell them the word and keep going, so the story does not lose its flow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If reading still feels like a struggle, talk to your child\u2019s teacher. A reading assessment can show which skills need a little extra practice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ten minutes a day, the right books and the right questions can make reading at home something your child looks forward to.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":17,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-tutora\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-tutora\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-tutora\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-tutora\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-tutora\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-tutora\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions\/34"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-tutora\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-tutora\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-tutora\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-tutora\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}