Course contents
Introduction

Getting started | |
How to use the course |
Part 1: Attitudes to reading

Respecting reading choices | |
A growing focus on reading for pleasure | |
The reading teacher | |
No pain and lots of gain |
Part 2: What makes you tick as a reader?

Exploring reading habits and preferences | |
Your reading as a child | |
Your reading as a child - card game | |
Your reading as a child - questionnaire | |
Your reading as a child – time for reflection | |
Your reading as an adult | |
Your reading as an adult - card game | |
Your reading as an adult - questionnaire |
Part 3: Guilty pleasures and pet hates

Love it or loathe it | |
The best book in the world is simply the one you like best | |
The risk of reader put down |
Part 4: Digging deeper

Taking things further | |
My reading treat | |
I’ll never read that! | |
Reviewing my reading story | |
Getting to know children as readers | |
Recording your results | |
Self-assessment | |
Spread the word | |
Other Opening the Book courses for primary schools |