Nursery World - Dialogic Reading

Dialogic reading, where the child is prompted to be the teller of the story, has been a success at LEYF, explains June O’Sullivan

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At London Early Years Foundation we strongly believe language and literacy and the exposure to reading and books are significant to children’s longer-term success.

As a social enterprise, we are intent on giving all children, especially those from poor and disadvantaged backgrounds, access to high-quality services. We know that children become readers by being surrounded by language, both print and oral, along with being taught how to use and enjoy books.

One of the factors that drives quality is to have a strong curriculum. However, as we acquired more nurseries, we felt that we could do more to co-ordinate our approach to teaching reading and refresh our strategy. This led us to examine and ultimately implement the dialogic reading approach, which involves reading interactively with young children in order to develop their language and comprehension skills.

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