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"It's lovely to do something that you know makes such a huge difference for a child. I leave the school with a spring in my step! ” Help create readers by becoming a reading helper volunteer
"It's the one intervention we would not be without" Become a Coram Beanstalk school and together we'll create readers for pleasure in your school
“If you want to give a child an unfair advantage, read with them” Explore our Book of the Month recommendations and other reading resources
Coram Beanstalk is helping to develop and deliver a new Books Together programme to support parents of young children to read together regularly and encourage them to embed storytelling into their routine, through a series of informative and interactive sessions within Coram Family and Childcare's Parent Champions programme. Read more
Coram has teamed up with bestselling and award-winning author and illustrator Rob Biddulph to launch a ‘Reveal Your Character’ competition for children, celebrating the charity’s new partnership with ITV’s The Masked Singer. Enter before 7 February 2024. Read more
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Amy Lewis, Head of Coram Beanstalk, welcomes in a new year... Read more
At Coram Beanstalk we're often asked how best to support children in specific year groups and sometimes we can find ourselves becoming overly concerned by a child’s reading age or ability and what level books they “should” be reading. Our Learning and Development Manager, Rebecca Pedelty-cox helps unpick the idea of a 'reading age'. Read more
Reading helper, and children's author Jemma Hatt, gives an insight into her role with Coram Beanstalk during the first half term of the new school year... Read more