Welcome to another week of our unusual learning schedule! Congratulations again to all those making time to read, it is relaxing as well as being an activity which is good for us! Lots of us are still using Sora to access either Ebooks or audiobooks, and some are also using the International Children’s Digital Library, where you will find books from around the world, and in many different languages:

http://en.childrenslibrary.org/

In 2020  the Children’s Book Council of Australia helped out with access to good stories with a daily story time for ten weeks. Many of those stories are still accessible at:

https://www.cbcansw.org.au/storytime

Some great authors are there reading a story for us all to enjoy. One of the many great stories was from Sue Whiting, a local author reading her story Good Question, A Tale Told Backwards. All fox wants is a tasty meal, but he keeps wandering in to the wrong stories!

Don’t forget to take a look at our Oliver Library Home page oliver.dow.catholic.edu.au/miev which has links to many interesting sites and activities. Remember also to keep a reading log of all the books you are reading, titles and authors, and we can register these later on for the Premiers' Reading Challenge. Explore your book further with some of these writing activities. Print out the sheet and colour in the icon when you complete the activity.

Daily Reading: As parents you are your child's most influential teacher with an important part to play in helping your child to learn to read. There is more to being a good reader than just being able to read the words accurately. Just as important is being able to understand what has been read. Always talk to your child about the book; about the pictures, the characters, how they think the story will end, their favourite part. You will then be able to see how well they have understood and you will help them to develop good comprehension skills. Take time not only to hear them read but to read aloud to them too – they love hearing you read to them!

“Read aloud every day because you just love being with your child, not because it's the right thing to do. This is as important for fathers as it is for mothers!.”

Mem Fox

Happy reading!

Mrs Susan Bryan

Teacher Librarian