What is TOTS?

Turning on the subtitles while children are watching television, an Ipad or a tablet can double the chances of them become good at reading. Yes really.

Wonderfully simple isn’t it? 10 seconds of effort and a push of a button, a lifetime’s impact for your children. All backed up by decades of scientific research.Wonderfully simple isn’t it? 10 seconds of effort and a push of a button, a lifetime’s impact for your children. All backed up by decades of scientific research.

It’s a brilliantly simple solution that can make a significant impact on children’s literacy.

This simple change boost kids’ reading ability and has solid evidence behind it. TOTS research shows that children generally do read captions when they’re available and that the mere presence of the words at the bottom of the screen will encourage children to read, automatically improving reading levels and enhancing spelling, grammar and vocabulary.

A ground breaking initiative that has rapidly become the largest literacy campaign globally. This innovative campaign seeks to revolutionise the way children engage with television, doubling the chances of improving their reading skills.

All you have to do is #tots Turn on the subtitles!

Find out More with this link https://www.turnonthesubtitles.org/

Turning on quality subtitles means your child will read a staggering number of words. Put them on and your child will read the equivalent number of words that are in all the Harry Potter books, all of the Lord of the Rings, all of the Chronicles of Narnia and everything Roald Dahl wrote, combined!

Research has shown that it can double the chance of your child leaving school as a proficient reader. You can turn them on for the whole family or most streaming services will now allow you to do it just for children’s profiles.

Perhaps, after all there is a magic button….