„Nationale Krise“, da die Lesefreude von Kindern auf einen neuen Tiefpunkt sinkt, warnt der Bericht

I fail to understand why it’s a crisis, times change. Is it a crisis that kids aren’t playing stick and hoop anymore?

“Reading for pleasure is hugely important” says the article. If kids got pleasure from reading a book, they would read a book. If they’re being forced to read a book then that’s not reading for pleasure.

Oh my god! Our kids unleashed on new social media designed to addict for ad revenue. Often unregulated and left to it.

What a shock to see that this massive change in habits has changed things.

Utterly shocked.

Still shocked.

Soon, being about to sit down and read to a document without looking at your phone is going to be considered a kind of professional superpower

Maybe procure books across a wide range of interests and topics. Enjoyment requires some sort of interest.

I look back, and I really do question why they thought books akin to “Tim and Emma go to the market” would be of interest to a child who watched Tomorrow’s World. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang on the other hand may have made more sense.

I’m not surprised. Look at some of the books they have to bring home. A load of critical race theory and woke brainwashing clap trap.

Of course they don’t enjoy it. Unfortunately these ‘activist’ loons pushing this nonsense at the DOE can’t grasp that. Thankfully many teachers are now ensuring this rubbish is put to bed as much as possible.

My English teacher at school, Miss Palin, made us study “Of Mice and Men” additionally to the required boring books we had to study. Everyone asked why. She said it was a good book that everyone should read.

We all enjoyed it and it sparked a life long love of reading for me. I always finished my work quickly in school and pulled a book out to read then teachers would shout at me for being distracted. If Miss Palin saw me pull a book out in her class, she’d come over and sit with me and ask about it. If she’d read it, we’d be talking about it and if not, she’d endeavour to read it.

More English teachers like Miss Palin with more control over what they teach would have kids loving books again.

As a teacher, I think the heavy focus on phonics has directly contributed to this – it absolutely helps children to learn to read quickly, but at the expense of joy.

DfE validated phonics schemes insist on children only reading books which match their phonic ability. This has lead to children’s main reading being books which are written by education experts not by authors and the focus is on getting the right sounds in the book for the about “pat cod, cod has a nap” – when they have no idea what a cod or a nap is!

The whole curriculum right from the start is now very mechanical and very full – we are treating reading and writing as formulaic skills rather than an enjoyable and creative process. Time to just indulge in some of the wonderful children’s literature that we have is lost.

I would also say that children still read for pleasure, but they might be busy reading online and within games rather than a library book.

I hated reading as a kid because my books didn’t count as books.

My daughter learned to read but her teacher kept marking her down because she could remember the story of the book from the night before.

The joy is sucked out of reading.

Can we see a study of parents not giving a damn and chucking their kids in front of an iPad instead of a bedtime story?

This is very worrying. Books and the love of books is something children should be shown

Oh no! Oh wait, i forgot, kids are glued to their phones and vapes. They always have the latest phone, always seem to have money to throw around and rather spend all of their time in places like Mcdonalds until they are kicked out.

I can’t help but think some schools approach isn’t helping. My son has always enjoyed reading but now his school have brought in ‘reading records’ where the child must list the book, how many pages read, any new words they’ve learnt and then a parental signature. They get points taken away if they dont log it all. Its turned what used to be a fun activity into a chore

Blame parents who jam their kids in front of a phone or tablet. You’re giving them a device designed to repeatedly hit them with dopamine shots, don’t be surprised when they can’t function like normal people. I see babies in prams where they have an attachment to hold a phone inches from their face. It’s actually heartbreaking.

And before I’m accused of not understanding because I don’t have children, I do – two. I *talk* to them, give them older one colouring, read to them, or generally allow them to watch the world go by