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egg&chips · 14-07-2013, 07:33

Even with different styles from different teachers, with our input we had corrected the errors forced on our children and by the age of 8 both were declared to be at a reading age of 11.
Just shows, with nothing fancy, just half an hour a day, parents can make a big difference to children's learning.[/QUOTE]

Absolutely spot on Less. I did ITA when I was at school, my older sister did not, but were both encouraged to read by our parents.

When I speak to parents of kdsI teach today, they seem shocked that having an X box, tv and I pad in their rooms does not help them in their studies. "Reading? I don't like reading" they say and wonder why we are unable to do in a few hours daily at school what teachers were able to three decades ago. Many kds today, don't read, don't play out, get artificially stimulated by screen play (computers etc) till very late at night, then come into school breakfast less (we feed them), knackered and grouchy. Heaven help them when they try to geta job.

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egg&chips Full Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Leeds Posts: 375 Liked: 20 times Rep Power: 4669	Re: Accrington Girls High School Even with different styles from different teachers, with our input we had corrected the errors forced on our children and by the age of 8 both were declared to be at a reading age of 11. Just shows, with nothing fancy, just half an hour a day, parents can make a big difference to children's learning.[/QUOTE] Absolutely spot on Less. I did ITA when I was at school, my older sister did not, but were both encouraged to read by our parents. When I speak to parents of kdsI teach today, they seem shocked that having an X box, tv and I pad in their rooms does not help them in their studies. "Reading? I don't like reading" they say and wonder why we are unable to do in a few hours daily at school what teachers were able to three decades ago. Many kds today, don't read, don't play out, get artificially stimulated by screen play (computers etc) till very late at night, then come into school breakfast less (we feed them), knackered and grouchy. Heaven help them when they try to geta job.