Reading alone or with a teacher can improve students’ confidence and encourage them to read more often. A quiet and private area can give students who are nervous about reading around others the confidence to read alone in a cozy dedicated reading corner. Keep a selection of books on open shelves in the reading nook for your students to explore and discover. The reading corner can be a great place for children to discover their favorite books and genres.
Reading corner
Tips for creating the perfect reading corner
Decoration – Your reading area needs to be large enough to accommodate a few students or a student and a teacher at a time, but small enough to feel like a cozy, private area. The more colorful and decorated your reading area is, the more time your students will want to spend there. Decorate your corner with lights and hangings to create a whimsical and fun place for your students to spend time.
Audio – Include a listening center in your reading nook to bring the area to life. Incorporate more sensory elements into your reading corner by including a way for your students to listen to their favorite audiobook stories.
Comfort – Cost Cutters has a range of comfortable seating perfect for reading nooks. Regardless of whether you want to furnish your reading corner with beanbags, cushions or soft seating, we have seating that fits every school’s reading corner.
Reading Buddies – Younger children can benefit from having stuffed animals to read to, include some stuffed animals in your reading corner for your students to sit and read to. For older children, why not meet the students as reading partners and visit the reading corner together? The more fun the reading corner is, the more the children will want to visit.
Now that you’re ready to create or renovate your classroom’s reading nook, explore our range of seating to create a comfortable and cozy space for your students. Cost Cutter’s library seating range includes a range of comfortable seating perfect for a reading nook. The range includes bean bags, cushions, soft sofas and more. We also have shelves for your library books and even ready-made reading corners such as our Wooden School Tree House Library Corner. Your reading corner is a place for students and teachers to enjoy quiet time and the joy of reading and listening. Don’t forget to throw away old and worn books and turn the books on the shelves so that the children have new exciting stories to read.
