This section focuses on activities and articles designed to support the development of key reading comprehension strategies for young learners, as most children’s books can be used to build comprehension.
Aligned with the Australian Curriculum for Foundation (age 5), Year 1 (age 6), and Year 2 (age 7), these resources help children learn to: – Visualise what’s happening in the text – Predict what might happen next – Connect the story to their own experiences – Summarise key ideas – Monitor their understanding – Ask and answer questions to explore literal and inferred meaning
Many of the activities below support more than one strategy at a time and are designed to be flexible for classroom or home use. They are offered as reference tools to support both educators and families in nurturing confident, thoughtful readers.