Literacy and Phonics

Help your child to read

Learning to read is one of the most important skills a child can learn and one we don't take for granted. We're passionate about helping every child to learn to read and develop a love of reading that will carry them through their life of learning.

Take a look at our free guides and resources to help you support your child with literacy.

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Discover a world of free support, guidance and tried-and-tested resources, including our bug-club reading programme.

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Free activities and tools for parents during school closure

Free Guide: Reading with your child

As parents, we all want the best for our children. We’re probably all aware that it’s important to make sure they are confident, fluent readers who enjoy reading, but often it’s hard to know where to start. Should you read to your baby? What can you do to help get your children familiar with words and reading before they go to school? And how do you help them progress at school when the teaching is different nowadays?

We've created a guide to reading with children, which we hope will help answer all your questions and give you advice on helping struggling readers.

Download guide (PDF | 4.6 MB)

Front cover of Enjoy Reading: A guide to reading at home

Boost your child’s reading with Bug Club Phonics

Our new Bug Club Phonics Packs are designed to help your child gain a strong foundation in reading, writing and spelling, and get ready for the Year 1 phonics check.

There are five packs, covering phonics phases 2-5 for Reception and Year 1. They follow the same methodology that has made Bug Club loved by millions of children around the world.

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Personalised reading bundles

We’ve joined up with our friends at The Bear Can Read to bring you a great offer to support phonics learning.

The Bear Can Read is the UK’s first truly joined-up reading club, providing personalised reading bundles matched to where your child is in their reading journey.

Get your first box for only £10!

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Here are our top 10 tips for reading at home - download now

Top 10 tips to encourage and inspire children to get #ReadingAtHome

Bug Club is 10 years old! As part of our celebrations, we asked experts and authors what they recommend to get children reading.

Download our top 10 tips for reading at home

Get involved

Tag us on social media @PearsonSchools and share your photos of you reading at home! Just use the hashtag #ReadingAtHome. We can't wait to see what you have been up to!

Guides to phonics

We've created a straightforward guide to supporting phonics learning at home, with a progression chart to show you the order in which phonic sounds are taught in school and an FAQs document.

A guide to supporting phonics at home

Phonics progression chart

FAQs

Supporting children with SEND

We're aware that school closures will have particular concerns for parents of children with special education needs (SEND).

We have created a guide for supporting children with SEND, with strategies to help you support your child at home and guidance on using our Rapid series for struggling readers.

Download your guide to SEND and reading

My Twist On A Tale competition

My Twist on a Tale 2020: Everyday Heroes is now closed. We just want to say a HUGE thank you to everyone who enterered, we can't wait to get reading!

Whilst we get everything sorted this end, why not read the 2019 winning stories and read all about our judges who will be picking this year's winners.

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