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November 1, 2003/in Useful Organisations /by Richard Hill
This article is featured in BfK 143 November 2003
This article is in the Useful Organisations Category

Useful Organisations No.30

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Read Together! The Scottish Executive’s Home Reading Initiative

National Co-ordinators: Lindsey Fraser and Kathryn Ross

6 Wellington Place, Edinburgh EH6 7EQ

www.readtogether.co.uk

The Scottish Executive’s Home Reading Initiative recognises that early literacy skills are critical to a happy and successful school career. Books are an essential part of that skills base, but the initiative also recognises the role sharing books plays in the relationship between parents and carers and their children. If enjoyment is the best incentive, children who know the pleasures of books will be all the more motivated to learn to read when the time comes. Of course, not every child finds learning to read easy, so the initiative provides answers to queries, and points parents in the direction of helpful guidance. Every pre-school child receives a copy of Read Together, a booklet full of guidance about sharing books, and there is further information on a regularly updated website from a growing band of Reading Champions with Bright Ideas and of course, recommended books. Any contributions are more than welcome!

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