{"id":11752,"date":"2018-10-26T12:07:17","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T11:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danilodolci.org\/?p=11752"},"modified":"2019-05-20T12:10:39","modified_gmt":"2019-05-20T11:10:39","slug":"3mr-reading-literacy-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danilodolci.org\/en\/news\/3mr-reading-literacy-children\/","title":{"rendered":"3MR: Reading aloud to reduce literacy gabs amongst young children"},"content":{"rendered":"

Studies demonstrate that reading aloud to small children will help them to become better readers. Within disadvantaged families, parents might read less, possess fewer books and might not see the many benefits of reading. These sociocultural differences in early literacy practices impairs school achievement, however kindergartens don\u2019t manage to fill this gab. Therefor it is of great importance to educate professionals in early childhood education, as well as parents, to engage \u00a0in reading aloud to children in order to reduce the literacy gap among children from diverse socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds. <\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>How to increase literacy motivation and engagement? How to raise the visibility and the availability of rich reading material in order to improve the quality of the literate environment of day care centres? What do professionals need to learn and how can the family be involved? <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>These are the first important questions and themes that characterized the Kick off Meeting of a new Erasmus + KA2 project \u2013 strategic partnerships |School, named \u201cMaking the Most of the Magic of Reading\u201d \u2013 3MR. The meeting was held on the 11th<\/sup> and 12th<\/sup> of October in Liege, Belgium.<\/p>\n

The project, coordinated by the University of Liege<\/a>, aims to increase children\u2019s early literacy skills, especially from culturally less advantaged backgrounds, development by preparing professionals involved in early childhood education and parents to engage in reading aloud to children and in books sharing practices in order to reduce the literacy gap among children from diverse socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds<\/strong>. This will be done through a curriculum and training for professionals, testing of the materials in the class room and the development of Online Education Resources for professionals and parents.<\/p>\n

Other partners in the project are:<\/p>\n