QUALITY STORYTENTS

A resource for family, early childhood and community literacy workers

Reading

Storytent is a place where people read. It needs to be full of a range of wonderful books about all sorts of things. Children are free to pick any books they want to read or look through on their own. In the Storytent, children's reading is not criticized. We wait to be asked before supplying a word or correcting an error. Also, we would never make negative comments about a choice of book. However, we would tell a child about a book that we thought matched their interest and reading level. (This is assisted by the use of high-interest low-level books, and an understanding of reading levels.)

We help many children reach their storytent goal by:

• reading aloud to children
• listening to children read
• shared reading
• independent reading