The Reading Realm Blog Series: Educators doing extraordinary things “In theory, books should be just a bunch of pages, bound together and stained with ink; in fact they are heartbreak,
The Reading Realm Blog Series: Educators doing extraordinary things “I have a pile of cushions stuffed under my desk: every day we spread them across the classroom, the children get
The Reading Realm Blog Series: Educators doing extraordinary things “I remember loving writing stories in school and at home, usually adventure stories I think. I found one of them recently
The Reading Realm Blog Series: Educators doing extraordinary things “Reading for Pleasure means the enjoyment of being involved in another story, that takes you on an adventure you wouldn’t normally
The Reading Realm Blog Series: Educators doing extraordinary things Jon is the winner of the 2018 Egmont Reading for Pleasure Experienced Teacher award, coordinator of the national Patron of Reading initiative and an Empathy Lab advisor.
The Reading Realm Blog Series: Educators doing extraordinary things “Reading for pleasure takes you away from your current world and into another. It means getting at you deeply and tugging
The Reading Realm Blog Series: Educators doing extraordinary things “I read The Demon Headmaster, The Queen’s Nose, Aquila and The Borrowers to my first classes; they always went down a
The Reading Realm Blog Series: Educators doing extraordinary things “Until recently, I always thought of myself as a reluctant reader when I was a child, and a non-writer. In hindsight,
The Reading Realm Blog Series: Educators doing extraordinary things “When I get a chance, I’ll spend a whole day reading. I used to take a book with me to school
The Reading Realm Blog Series: Educators doing extraordinary things Today we welcome the ever elusive, constantly sneaky, lover of words Vocabulary Ninja into The Reading Realm, to discuss his favourite
The Reading Realm Blog Series: Educators doing extraordinary things “I was always a complete book-worm as a child. My earliest memory of reading is probably sneaking out new books from
The Reading Realm Blog Series: Educators doing extraordinary things Lauren is a Year 6 teacher and SENCo. Here she talks about the impact an Open University ‘Reading for Pleasure’ conference
