The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education has launched a campaign to help practitioners and parents instil a love of reading and books in children before they start school.
How did you come up with Sharing Stories, and why?
Everyone knows that book ownership matters in terms of giving children a good start in literacy. But at CLPE we have always believed that a book alone can't do all the work. Our work with families across Southwark showed us that many parents need a lot of encouragement and support to feel confident about book sharing.
The idea behind Sharing Stories was twofold. The first was to give parents an easy way of discovering the pleasure of book sharing through the visuals of a DVD and a highly illustrated booklet. We chose the best advocates we know - other parents and their babies - who we filmed in our weekly Bookstart Plus sessions and in their own homes, talking about how and why they share stories. Watching other parents' experience, especially at maintaining home languages and English, is the perfect way to build confidence.
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