My Reading Routine is a practical resource for teachers and parents to support children in developing a daily reading habit. The planner includes ready-made event icons and blank shapes for creating custom icons. Adults can guide children in organising their week, ensuring that reading is balanced alongside schoolwork, hobbies, and other activities. For example, this structured approach makes it easier to maintain consistency and monitor reading progress.
Why it works
The resource helps children integrate reading into their weekly schedule, which encourages consistency and engagement. By planning reading alongside other activities, adults can support children in developing time management skills and making thoughtful choices about books. In addition, observing how children use the planner provides insight into their interests, allowing teachers and parents to suggest relevant titles and personalised reading experiences.
How to use it
To use My Reading Routine, adults plan the week alongside the child. Daily reading time is marked alongside other commitments, such as school tasks and hobbies. The pre-designed event icons provide a visual way to represent these activities. Adults can also encourage children to create their own icons using the blank shapes. The icons are attached with sticky tack, which allows the routine to be flexible if plans change. Writing the time of each activity underneath the icons helps children manage their schedule effectively.
Get creative
- Encourage children to personalise the planner with coloured icons or self-created activity shapes.
- Build a reusable bank of icons for different occasions to make weekly planning easier.
- Use pencil for timings to allow adjustments to the routine as schedules change.
Share and celebrate
Display completed planners in a visible space to reinforce the routine. Then, at the end of the week, reflect on what worked well, celebrate successes, and consider adjustments to maintain engagement and support a daily reading habit.