Literacy promotion for babies
„Give me an A“ in Norway
http: / / www.gimegena.no /The reading project „Gi meg en A“ (Give me an A) is carried out in the community of Trysil and targets children from birth onwards, aiming to create a reading network of local institutions (mother centres, child daycare centres, schools, libraries, book retailers, the community and cultural entrepreneurs) in order to systematise and expand reading promotion in the community. The organisers are convinced that reading (and reading to children) fosters fundamental values in supporting the social development [ ... ]
Details„Preparing for Life“ - Ireland
http: / / www.preparingforlife.ie /Since 2007, the „Preparing for Life“ research project has supported parents from pregnancy to the school enrolment of hteir children with early childhood education and care programmes. Parents receive books, developmental toys and training and information regarding their children’s development and health. Different mehtods of evaluation are applied throughout the course of the programme. It is jointly funded by Atlantic Philanthropies and the Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, [ ... ]
Details“Talk To Your Baby“ - United Kingdom
http: / / www.literacytrust.org.uk / talk_to_your_baby“Talk To Your Baby“ is a project of the UK National Literacy Trust, targeting parents and carers of babies, toddlers and infants from birth to under three years of age. The project is monitored across a period of three years (2009-2011). The project encourages parents and carers to talk, sing and read with their children as often as possible. The website also provides access to relevant resources which are designed as a tool for use by professionals who work with parents and carers, focusing on the [ ... ]
Details„Bookstart“ in South Korea
http: / / www.bookstart.org / bt_H_9_1.aspBookstart-Korea has been gifting book packs to babies since April 2003 in 99 localities (46%) across the country. Bookstart package reaches 120,000 babies each year, and the number is increasing every year. The programme currently reaches around 120,000 babies per year via deliveries in public health centres and public libraries. An additional `Bookstart Plus` pack aimed at 3-4-year-olds was launched in 2007 and `Bookstart Treasure Chest` for five and six year olds in 2008. The programme receives funding [ ... ]
Details„Books for Babies“ in New Zealand
http: / / christchurchcitylibraries.com / Learning / BooksForBabies /”Books for Babies“ has been carried out by the Christchurch City Libraries since 1990. Each year, ca. 5,000 “Books for Babies“-packages are distributed to all parents of newborns by hospitals, midwives and the homebirth association. These packs contain the board book “Baby’s World“ featuring large, black and white figures especially designed for babies in their first six months of age. The project targets the first months of babies’ lives as language, books and stories are important from the first day of [ ... ]
Details„Book Buzz“ in Australia
http: / / www.indigenousliteracyproject.org.au / BookBuzz /Book Buzz is part of the Indigenous Literacy Project (Links zur Institution), aiming to foster the reading skills of indigenous people in Australia, particularly children, in remote areas. Book Buzz provides families with babies, infants and pre-school children with book packages.
Each of the book packages contains twelve books for children that have been selected by experts from the Fred Hollows Foundation together with the book industry.
Several copies of the book packages are sent to schools. [ ... ]
„Better Beginnings“ - Early reading intervention in West Australia
http: / / www.better-beginnings.com.au /Better Beginnings is an early intervention family literacy program that has been developed by the State Library of Western Australia. Its stated purpose is to provide positive language and literacy influences for young children through supporting parents as their children`s first teacher. The program is based on a strong cooperation between health professionals, local governments and public libraries. A high degree of consultation and engagement with local communities is involved. Better Beginnings has [ ... ]
DetailsRead to Me! Kanada
http: / / www.readtome.ca /
Read to Me! is a network of provincial partners with the shared goal of supporting early literacy in Nova Scotia. It is a provincial, hospital-based program developed to help families enrich their child’s early years with books and reading.
In Atlantic Canada, 52 of the population have limited literacy skills or experience great difficulty reading (International Adult [ ... ]
Bookstart in Japan
http: / / www.bookstart.net /
Bookstart aims to create opportunities for parents and babies to spend happy times together by allowing them to experience the joy of sharing books and providing them a free pack of books. The opportunities are made by the partnership of people and relevant local organizations, such as library services, health centres, family support centres and local [ ... ]
Book Babies in Belgium
http: / / www.boekbabys.be /
Inspired by the British campaign Bookstart, Stichting Lezen Flanders is encouraging young parents to share an interest in books with their young children. Until 2007 a pilot project ran in ten local authorities and libraries. Young families were given a package of books, library information, and book vouchers on three occasions during the first three years of their [ ... ]
Swiss Bookstart project
http: / / www.buchstart.ch
In analogy to the British Bookstart campaign, the Swiss project “Buchstart - Né pour lire - Nati per leggere - Naschì per leger“ aims to bring parents and young children (aged six months and pre-school) into contact with books and reading in a playful approach. The Buchstart project gives away illustrated books to parents, and cooperating libraries initiate bookclub [ ... ]
The `Lesestart`-initiative for reading in Germany
http: / / www.lesestartdeutschland.de /In May 2008, the nationwide initiatve for reading in Germany was launched following experience from England and a model project jointly conducted by the state of Saxon and Stiftung Lesen (Reading Foundation). In order to familiarise children with reading at an early age, pediatric surgeries hand the parents a starter kit containing not only a children`s book and manual for parents, but also a diary for recording the child`s reading and language progress.
DetailsBookstart (UK)
http: / / www.bookstart.org.ukBookstart provide each baby in the United Kingdom with a set of books, and supports health and education professionals as well as parents with guidance regarding early learning and reading. Furthermore, it targets librarians and booksellers as regards advice and partnership solutions for selecting the book packs.
DetailsFast Lane´s Babies into Books scheme (BIB) - UK
http: / / www.wikireadia.org.uk / index.php?title=Reading_Initiatives_-_Early_Years#FAST_LANE.27s_Babies_into_Books_schemeFAST LANE`s Babies into Books scheme FAST LANE is a community-wide language and literacy initiative which operates in Kirklees. The Babies into Books programme gives parents and carers of children up to two years old the opportunity to join a BIB group where they can meet other families, make books and puppets, choose and share books with their toddlers and hear about how children learn to read, draw and write. BIB groups are held in a range of settings - schools, community centres, church halls, [ ... ]
DetailsDolly Parton´s Imagination Library (United Kingdom)
http: / / www.wikireadia.org.uk / index.php?title=Reading_Initiatives_-_Early_YearsDolly Parton chose Rotherham to introduce her children’s literacy scheme. The Imagination Library involves posting children a reading book every month until the age of five. Funded by the singer’s Dollywood Foundation, it has spread to 45 American states, but Rotherham is the first place to implement the scheme in Britain.
DetailsREADY! for kindergarten (US-American programme)
http: / / www.readyforkindergarten.orgREADY! for Kindergarten is an educational program for parents who want their children to have a successful learning experience. It offers families’ readiness skills called Kindergarten targets, tools and training about children`s early learning years, birth to five years old. Children who are taught these skills at home get off to a great start at school. The goal of the READY! for Kindergarten program is to provide information to parents about how their child learns at each age level, along with [ ... ]
DetailsShared Beginnings
http: / / www.leer.org.ar / index.php?option=com_content & task=view & id=310 & Itemid=339 & lang=spaA programme by the Reading Foundation in Argentinia, targeting parents (young mothers) of children under the age of ffive,in order to promote early reading, which co-operates with health centres, hospitaals and comunity institutions where the parents can be reached and offered free books.
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