Reading Corner

Content Name

Reading Corner

Content Type

CPD

Description

Created by our super Early Years specialist, Sophie David, this CPD snippet will support you in making the most of your reading corner. It has been carefully designed with EYFS teachers and Nursery practitioners in mind, filled with open-ended activities appropriate for each age-related level of development.

Curricula

• Country

  England

  Key Stage:

  EYFS

  Years:

  Age 0-2, Age 2-3, Age 3-4, Reception

  Subjects:

  • Communication and Language
  • Personal, Social and Emotional Development
  • Literacy
  • Understanding the World
  • Expressive Arts and Design

  Topics:

  • ELG: Listening, Attention and Understanding
  • ELG: Speaking
  • ELG: Managing Self
  • ELG: Self-Regulation
  • ELG: Comprehension
  • ELG: Word Reading
  • ELG: Past and Present
  • ELG: People, Culture and Communities
  • ELG: The Natural World

  Programmes of Study:

  • Listen attentively and respond to what they hear with relevant questions, comments and actions when being read to and during whole class discussions and small group interactions
  • Participate in small group, class and one-to-one discussions, offering their own ideas, using recently introduced vocabulary
  • Offer explanations for why things might happen, making use of recently introduced vocabulary from stories, non-fiction, rhymes and poems when appropriate
  • Explain the reasons for rules, know right from wrong and try to behave accordingly
  • Show an understanding of their own feelings and those of others, and begin to regulate their behaviour accordingly
  • Demonstrate understanding of what has been read to them by retelling stories and narratives using their own words and recently introduced vocabulary
  • Anticipate – where appropriate – key events in stories
  • Use and understand recently introduced vocabulary during discussions about stories, non-fiction, rhymes and poems and during role-play
  • Say a sound for each letter in the alphabet and at least 10 digraphs
  • Read words consistent with their phonic knowledge by sound-blending
  • Read aloud simple sentences and books that are consistent with their phonic knowledge, including some common exception words
  • Understand the past through settings, characters and events encountered in books read in class and storytelling
  • Describe their immediate environment using knowledge from observation, discussion, stories, non-fiction texts and maps
  • Know some similarities and differences between different religious and cultural communities in this country, drawing on their experiences and what has been read in class
  • Explain some similarities and differences between life in this country and life in other countries, drawing on knowledge from stories, non-fiction texts and – when appropriate – maps
  • Know some similarities and differences between the natural world around them and contrasting environments, drawing on their experiences and what has been read in class

• Country

  Northern Ireland

  Key Stage:

  Foundation Stage

  Years:

  P1, P2

  Subjects:

  • Language and Literacy

  Topics:

  • Reading

  Programmes of Study:

  • Choose and use books for particular purposes.
  • Develop auditory discrimination, visual discrimination, and memory.
  • Develop concepts of print.
  • Listen to a variety of stories, non-fiction texts, and poems read by both adults and other pupils.
  • Read a variety of texts (including digital texts and those written by themselves and others).
  • Read with some independence.
  • Share a range of books with adults and with peers.
  • Understand and use some language associated with books, e.g., author, illustrator, cover, spine.
  • Understand how to handle and care for books.
  • Use appropriate language to sequence stories in reasonable detail.
  • Use word structure to develop reading.

• Country

  Scotland

  Level:

  Early

  Years:

  Age 0-2, Age 2-3, Age 3-4, P1

  Subjects:

  • Literacy and English

  Topics:

  None

  Programmes of Study:

  • As I listen and take part in conversations and discussions, I discover new words and phrases which I use to help me express my ideas, thoughts and feelings.
  • As I listen and talk in different situations, I am learning to take turns and am developing my awareness of when to talk and when to listen.
  • As I play and learn, I enjoy exploring interesting materials for writing and different ways of recording my experiences and feelings, ideas and information
  • I enjoy exploring and choosing stories and other texts to watch, read or listen to, and can share my likes and dislikes.
  • I enjoy exploring and playing with the patterns and sounds of language and can use what I learn.
  • I enjoy exploring events and characters in stories and other texts and I use what I learn to invent my own, sharing these with others in imaginative ways.
  • I enjoy exploring events and characters in stories and other texts, sharing my thoughts in different ways.
  • I explore sounds, letters and words, discovering how they work together, and I can use what I learn to help me as I read and write.
  • I explore sounds, letters and words, discovering how they work together, and I can use what I learn to help me as I read or write.
  • I listen or watch for useful or interesting information and I use this to make choices or learn new things.
  • I use signs, books or other texts to find useful or interesting information and I use this to plan, make choices or learn new things.
  • To help me understand stories and other texts, I ask questions and link what I am learning with what I already know.
  • Within real and imaginary situations, I share experiences and feelings, ideas and information in a way that communicates my message.

• Country

  Wales

  Step:

  PS 1

  Years:

  Nursery, Reception

  Subjects:

  • Languages, Literacy and Communication

  Topics:

  • Expressing ourselves through languages is key to communication.
  • Languages connect us.
  • Literature fires imagination and inspires creativity.
  • Understanding languages is key to understanding the world around us.

  Programmes of Study:

  None

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