Read with Me in South Khorasan Province

Geographical location: Ghaennat, Nehbandan, Darmian, Khusf, Birjand and Boshrouyeh in South Khorasan Province
Number of Children: 7900
Start Date: October 2013
End Date: June 2017

South Khorasan has been one of the most successful projects carried out by Read with Me. It has shown tremendous, long-lasting effects in children’s learning process during its four years of implementation especially in preschoolers. The cooperation and creativity of the province’s teachers and tutors was of course a determining factor.

Read with Me authorities suggested their program to Yavari Cultural Community which had a prominent presence in the remote villages of South Khorasan. Therefore, with the financial supports of International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) and Yavari community, the program was implemented in two areas. Nehbandan and Ghaennat.

 

Read with Me’s success in the area led to its expansion to other regions in the province. So a year later, Read with Me was being implemented in 5 cities, covering 2375 children in 66 different centers. By the implementation of the Read with Me project and its important and effective role in the growth of children in preschools of South Khorasan, this province achieved the second place in attracting children to preschools in Iran in the academic year of 2014/15.

Project Implementation

During the four years of implementation, Read with Me workshops were continuously held in a variety of subjects for teachers.

The subjects included: Children’s Literature, Quality Books, Story Elements, Reading Aloud Techniques, Managing Reading Sessions, Basic Literacy Creative Education (Learning Phonological and Phonemic Awareness Skills, Learning Numeracy, Dictionary of Riddles), Dramatic Arts (Body Expressions, Creative Theater, Improvisation, Glove Puppetry, Shadow Puppetry, Scenography and Mask Making) as well as Living Values and the Environment.

Read with Me experts have travelled to each and every village and city covered by the program twice a year. They have paid visits to schools and centers to evaluate the progress of the program from up close. Solving problems, giving suggestions and supervising the teachers were among the activities of these experts.

 

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