Last year, my motto was: “Make reading come alive in 2025!”. The year before that, my motto was: “Has learning to read become a bore and a chore in 2024?”. I think I’m going to adopt this motto for the year ahead: “Keep reading ’til it sticks in 2026”. I started this website in JanuaryContinue reading “Keep reading ’til it sticks in 2026”
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Has learning to read in 2024 become a chore and a bore?
Saturday 29th June marked the end of my ‘Read with Julia’ pilot project at Ledbury Community Hub. If you look at the numbers, it wasn’t a rip-roaring success – but it’s given me plenty of food for thought…
Shared Reading at Ledbury Community Hub
In April, I visited Ledbury Community Hub for a pot of peppermint tea and I met Nic, the hub leader. We talked about his vision for the hub, opportunities for me as a volunteer… and he kindly offered me use of the space for four, free, drop-in reading sessions for local children and families.
‘Shhh!’ by Sally Grindley and Peter Utton
I’ve had lots of fun sharing this book with children over the years. It’s probably not the best choice for a bedtime story, as it gets quite exciting at the end…
‘The Bear in the Cave’ by Michael Rosen and Adrian Reynolds
In my humble opinion, this book was made for reading aloud and sharing together.
Read with Julia 