Reading projects of the Swiss Institute for Child and Youth Media
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 Swiss Reading Night
http: / / www.sikjm.ch / d /Each year, the Swiss Storytelling Night takes place on the second Friday in November, where local libraries and communities organise events based on a motto, the 2008 motto being water.
Details*`Reading virus` project (Switzerland)
http: / / www.sikjm.ch / d / ? / d / lesefoerderung / projekte / lesebazillus.html
The project aims to inspire fifth and sixth formers by sending a classroom set of 30 books in two backkpacks on a voyage along with a logfile, the books being of varying topics and degrees of difficulty, and passing them on to the next class.
Caterpilar of books (promoting early reading in Switzerland)
http: / / www.sikjm.ch / d / lesefoerderung / projekte / buecherraupe.html
The caterpillar of books is a textile construction containing thirty thematic books, fiction and non-fiction, that can be borrowed by children at pre-school and first-year primary school level. The caterpillar project includes manuals for teachers and carers, thematic topics include nature, eating and drinking, colours, starting school. The project is [ ... ]
‘Turn the volume off’ and open your book’ - Listening and reading project (Switzerland)
http: / / www.sikjm.ch / d / lesefoerderung / projekte / tonab_buchauf.html
A project by the Swiss Institute for Child and Youth Media aimed at inspiring ten year old children to read. A set of books and CDs is prepared for classroom use and the children will initially listen to a story that is interrupted with a cliffhanger after 15 minutes so that they will be urged to read on themselves from the book accompanyiing the [ ... ]
Swiss list of reading recommendations (`reading for fun`)
http: / / www.sikjm.ch / d / lesefoerderung / projekte / lesetipps.htmlThe list of reading recommendations is composed for teachers and librarians in order to support them in motivating less skilled children and youth who have little experience with reading (e.g. from migrant backgrounds), the material is suitable for children and youths aged ten to 16 years old. The books can be used in lessons, but also in free reading hours, projects and workshops. Project is managed by the Swiss Institute for Child and Youth Media.
DetailsFamily Literacy Project in Switzerland
http: / / www.sikjm.ch / d / lesefoerderung / projekte / family_literacy.htmlThe family literacy project by the Swiss Institute for Child and Youth Media aims to empower young children from disadvantaged migrant backgrounds by supporting their parents and motivating them to read to them (in their native language). The families are supported by specially trained mentors, the idea being that a child who is confident in using a first language will find it easy to acquire second language skills.
DetailsReading animation for pre-schoolers
http: / / www.sikjm.ch / d / ? / d / lesefoerderung / projekte / leseanimation.htmlChildren who are familiarised with books at an early age, who can tell stories and experience a joy of reading and storytelling, find it easier to acquire reading competencies at school and develop a durable relation to reading. In this sense, reading begins with language learning by exchange with familiar persons. The Swiss Institute for Child and Youth Media has hence developed a training course for reading animators. Building upon their experiences with pre-primary school children, participants can [ ... ]
DetailsSchweizer Erzählnacht 2010
Beginn am 12.11.2010.
Jeweils am zweiten Freitag im November findet die “Schweizer Erzählnacht“ statt, in diesem Jahr unter dem Motto: Im Geschichtenwald“ – „Dans la forêt des histoires“ – „Nel bosco delle storie“ – „En il guaud da las istorgias“. Schulklassen, Bibliotheken, Buchhandlungen und Lesezirkel sind in jedem Jahr eingeladen, das jeweilige Motto zu inszenieren. Schulzimmer, Bibliotheksräume, Turnhallen, Pavillons oder gar Eisenbahnwagen verwandeln sich in Orte, wo Kinder, Jugendliche und Erwachsene Geschichten aus [ ... ]
See also: Promoting Reading in Switzerland