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
Dr Bharti Parmar couldn't read until she was seven years old. Here she tells us how the reasons for that have shaped her volunteering role with us... Read more
One of our recently trained reading helpers talks about why she chose to join our Coram Beanstalk reading community... Read more
Reading helper Sarah Deech recently published this blog, lamenting the abrupt end to her reading sessions with Rafi* and has kindly allowed us to republish it here. Read more
Steve, a reading helper in Liverpool, found that keeping in touch virtually with Coram Beanstalk and reading online with his grandchildren, helped him cope with lockdown. Read more
Sara Browne, reading helper and Coram Beanstalk trainer takes us 'behind the scenes' of her Storytime with Very reading of 'Tidy' by Emily Gravett and is amazed to have become a You Tube star. Read more
Jessie shares the joy of her experience as a reading helper in Liverpool. Read more
Michael is a reading helper in Kent and during the lockdown has written about his time as a volunteer with Coram Beanstalk Read more
Reading helper Carol describes how much progress her readers had been making before the lockdown. Read more
Help us raise vital funds to so we can continue to deliver our vital work during COVID-19 and beyond. Read more
We love being read a story aloud to, so we've compiled a list of resources where you can enjoy being read stories to by some of our favourite authors and storytellers. Read more
One of our reading helpers shares a lovely story about how they're encouraging children to grow a love of reading despite being in self-isolation. Read more