101 Ways to Get Your Child to Read

101 Ways to Get Your Child to Read : A useful short guide for parents of children with dyslexia ...

Patience Thomson won the Quick Reads Learners’ Favourite Award in 2009 for her book “101 Ways to get your Child to Read” . In a previous dyslexia blog article I talked about Quick Read books .. These are short books designed for for adults with literacy problems.

This is an accessible, friendly and valuable book for all parents which gives tips on how to get your child to read if they can’t or won’t read..

Patience Thomson is a writer, lecturer and expert on reading. She was a head teacher at a school in London for children with specific learning difficulties and she co-founded Barrington Stoke, a publisher of books for reluctant readers.

When receiving the award she said "I am thrilled to win this award. It is an immense tribute to the parents, pupils and colleagues who, over the years, have taught me so much about the true nature of reading difficulties and how to overcome them”

If you look at the NIACE web site you can find a short podcast where Patience Thomson is talking about her book..

http://www.niace.org.uk/news/podcasts-videos


Quick Reads 2009: Interview with Patience Thomson - [1 MB] March 4, 2009 - 17:11

You can buy the book from Amazon.com :

101 Ways to Get Your Child to Read

Patience Thomson
ISBN: 9781842996713

Publisher: Barrington Stoke
1.99 pounds

For a review of the book see :

http://parentingbooks.suite101.com/article.cfm/101_ways_to_get_your_child_to_read

WORLD BOOK & COPYRIGHT DAY 23 RD OF APRIL

Not only is the 23rd of April Childrens Day in Turkey, it is also the World Book and Copyright Day !!

World Book and Copyright Day is a yearly event on 23 April organized by UNESCO to promote reading , publishing and copyright. The Day was first celebrated in 1995.

According to Milagros del Corral from UNESCO “we must make sure that books are accessible to everybody everywhere".

How accessible are books for children who are dyslexic in Turkey I wonder ??

There are NO publishing companies in Turkey who produce books which are especially geared to children who are struggling readers !!!

Whereas in the UK, companies such as the well- known Barrington Stoke publishing company produce books to help children to enjoy reading. They publish accessible, enjoyable and unpatronising short books for children who are dyslexic, struggling to read, or simply reluctant to sit down with a book.

For more information see their site :
http://www.barringtonstoke.co.uk/

Also in the UK, the Quick Reads Initiative produce Quick Reads which are short, exciting books by bestselling writers and celebrities for adults with literacy problems, aimed at improving reading and boosting self-esteem.

Nine out of 10 of the people who have read the compact titles "told researchers their reading has improved and they feel better about themselves.

Quick Reads was developed as a collaboration between leading authors, publishers, government bodies, educationalists and the BBC. The first set of titles were launched on World Book Day 2006 .

Books are generally written in the 20,000-word range (With no more than 128 pages ) and are supposed to consist largely of one- and two-syllable words, short sentences and brief paragraphs.

For more information see the Quick reads site :

http://www.niace.org.uk/quickreads/user/index.php

Also listen to :

http://archive.niace.org.uk/news/audio/Dyslexia-Quickreads.mp3

HAPPY CHILDRENS DAY TO ALL IN TURKEY !!