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AUSTRALIAN READING HOUR

WHY SHOULD WE READ?

• Increasing literacy and numeracy skills has a positive and significant effect on jobs

• Reading reduces stress by 68%, relieving stress more quickly than listening to music, going for a walk or having a cup of tea

• Children who know adults who read for pleasure take it for granted that reading is valuable

• The more leisure books people read, the more literate they become and the more prosperous and equitable the society they inhabit

• Reading a gripping novel causes positive biological changes in the brain that can last for days

• When tested for empathy, readers of narrative fiction achieved significantly higher than other groups

• Reading is closely linked to increasing our understanding of our own identities

• It was found by the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research that reading to children six to seven days a week puts them almost a year ahead of those who are not being read to.

On this day St Nicholas School students joined with their buddies to make pirate hats (in keeping with our Book Week theme "Find Your Treasure" and "Talk Like A Pirate Day" ) and then settled in to share some great stories. 

CHILDREN'S BOOKS DAILY BLOG

(Megan Daley)

Five Reasons to Read at the Breakfast Table

Books, magazines or even the school newsletter at the table helps to take the focus off tricky morning dynamics and allow a little extra time for brains to wake softly and slowly.

Everyone can be seated together but enjoying their own reading material. Conversation is great later in the day, but if you’re not morning people, you can still be technically together, but in your own personal bubble.

Starting the day with words and story is ace. Immersing yourself in story, or recipes (cookbooks are my chosen table reading material) is always going to make the day brighter.

Reluctant readers may be tempted by some well chosen reading material laid out in front of them with no expectation to read. It is often at times where the pressure is off, that they browse and fall into a story. A fifteen minute reading/breakfast session is ample time to read one chapter and be hooked.

Conversation may flow. I’ve just talked about reading and not conversing, but equally, this can be a time to also discuss and debate books or talk about content.