Board Reading? Using Games to Develop Reading Comprehension

Dr Paula Clarke & Dr Peter Hart, School of Education, University of Leeds

An interactive, family-friendly evening showcasing games that you can use at home and in the classroom to develop reading comprehension.

School of Education

Join us for a 90 minute workshop to demonstrate how family-friendly board games can provide opportunities for practicing skills essential to reading comprehension. This interactive session is suitable for all ages, from primary school upwards, with the games suitable for ages 8 and up. Dr Paula Clarke and Dr Peter Hart from the School of Education at the University of Leeds will explain a little behind the theory of comprehension, why we have chosen particular games to develop reading skills, and some tips for how you can get the best out of them, before jumping straight in to see them work in practice. While many children are able to use phonics to read complex words, we find that their understanding of the text can lag behind their ability to decode the words on the page. That’s partly because not all children have access to the same vocabulary, which is usually related to their knowledge of the world. It can also be because inferring hidden or obscure meaning from text can be a difficult skill to master that takes practise. However, we believe playing games can be a way for children to share their collective knowledge of vocabulary, and they can provide an intense way of engaging with hidden meanings without requiring much reading. This interactive workshop is ideal for children, parents, teachers, and teaching assistants who are interested in how we can use games at home or in the classroom to promote vocabulary and inferencing skills.This follows on from REACH Primary, a reading intervention designed by Dr Clarke, and marks the beginning of a wider research project around using games to support reading.

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