ABSTRACT
Teaching children to read is neither a trivial matter nor just a technical task. For both children and their teachers, it is probably the most momentous achievement of the early school years. So, primary professionals should approach it thoughtfully and creatively. This chapter focuses on teaching reading creatively to 5–7-year-olds and looks at how teachers can support the questioning stance of young learners, helping them to apply this both to lifting the words off the page and also to making sense of what they read. In addition, it reflects on teachers as readers, on enriching children’s responses to reading and encouraging their independence.
