Step 1: A box of 20 different books are delivered to each class on a Friday morning at school.
Step 2: Each class has only 13 children in it, therefore there are spares should a child bring theirs back sooner than their peers for a swap. As all the books are different, swapping among themselves ought to give each child a new book every few days, meaning the book drop would be fine if it were pitched at every 2 weeks for the younger children. Then every 3 weeks for the older children.
Step 3: Your child selects their book at school, for reading at home, as it is not a book linked to the school curriculum, or selected by the school for homework.
The school is the facilitator in this scheme, it is simply allowing your child to have access to free books and being the delivery hub, as it were.
Step 4: Relaxed, happy child reading for pleasure in their home environment.
Step 5: Once your child has read their book, we just have a few quick questions to ask as part of the review process. This process takes no more than a few minutes and your child will hopefully enjoy answering 4 super easy questions, set out in the review section, with a handy drop down box score. Ratings of 1-5 for scores on whether a book was funny. Not at all funny 1, laugh your socks off 5 as an example.
Of course we welcome more comments if your little book worm is eager to share their thoughts. There is free text box to capture those nuggets.
Step 6: All books available for selection by your child will be added to the website in advance of the book being shared. It is reviewed by a Book Worm (Parent/Grandparent) who will have added a picture of the book too and your child’s review will sit below the Book Worm’s review. All you have to do is search for the book title eg. “Postman Pat’s Wet Day” in Reviews and away you go.
Step 7: The final piece of the puzzle seeing the reviews build up and empower and engage the reader, teaching them how to express their opinions and be accepting of others, as all reviews are likely to be different despite the children reading the same books.