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Reading Connects
Building whole-school reading communities



Department for children,schools and families
Reading Connects is delivered by the NLT on behalf of the DCSF
Practical ideas - family involvement


Family reading in librarySupport including ideas to involve dads/male carers, the wider community and EAL families

Family events and activities including ideas for storytelling and transition activities

Adult basic skills provision





To support this work, the Family Reading Campaign is a partnership campaign working to ensure that the importance of encouraging reading in the home is integrated into the planning and activity of all key organisations concerned with education, health and parenting. Find out more about the Family Reading Campaign.

Resources for family literacy and parental involvement

Useful organisations
Read case studies on family involvement

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