ABSTRACT
I was in a school in Scunthorpe and the year 6 teacher was telling me about her children's reading. The problem was ‘inference and deduction’. I'm not often given to moments of blinding revelation but on this occasion I had a sudden idea — quick-fire reading games could provide daily practice, just to hone up reading skills that would then be used on complete texts. The games would only take a few minutes, could be presented on PowerPoint and be an ideal way to start a session with everyone involved. Since then I have invented about 20 games — and other teachers are thanking Scunthorpe for that moment of insight!
