I think it’s really important to read all the time, and to read aloud as much as possible. I am a huge fan of reading aloud and I really believe that it should be the most fun of a teacher’s or a parents day. Because if you’re enjoying it I think kids will enjoy it. I think that getting excited about the books that you’re sharing, getting silly with them, I think that’s all hugely important.
So sharing books out loud is incredibly helpful to kids who need inspiration about books. I think it’s also really wonderful to surround kid with all sorts of materials so that they can create books of all different kinds. Whether it’s just drawing pictures, I don’t mean just in a disparaging way, whether you’re giving kids the tools to draw their stories, whether you’re giving kids to type up their stories on a computer, to tell them into a tape recorder.
Anyway in which kids can convey their experiences or can create and imagine new stories I think is wonderful in terms of encouraging literacy.