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For many years, the ‘Read with Me’ project has tried to connect with deprived families to provide early educational opportunities and equip their children with the needed literacy skills before they enter primary school. At the same time, ‘Read with Me’ has helped kindergarten and pre-school teachers to bring about circumstances to develop the innate […]
We have all been living in a coronavirus pandemic for months. Kindergartens, schools and libraries were closed, so Read with Me had to transform its activities. The consequences of this pandemic were unfortunate for children as it kept them away from education, books, friendship, and conversations. These adverse circumstances are two times worse for deprived […]
Education has become a worldwide issue since the COVID-19 pandemic. At this point in time, many children have lost access to education and are facing difficulties. In Iran, children who faced limitations due to child labor or migration even under normal circumstances are in much dire state. The Child Labor Association and Read with Me […]
The Reading in Families program is a new project planned by the Institute for Research on the History of Children’s Literature within the Read with Me framework. It aims to enrich families with reading and turn homes into literacy-rich environments; environments in which children are exposed to literacy through reading, learning phonemic and phonological awareness […]
December 7th is World Kamishibai Day. The COVID19 pandemic has restricted children’s access to libraries. Even so, Read with Me promoters and Kamishibai enthusiasts across the world still celebrated this day and performed kamishibai for children. Most promoters performed kamishibai in their homes or through online platforms. Some were able to arrange meetings in libraies […]
This fall was a cold one, full of violence and disorder for Afghanistan. But, in the midst of bullets and tears, you could also hear children laughing. A laugh reminiscent of books and literacy. The place bringing such joy to children is Parande Library in Panjshir, Afghanistan. Parande library opened in 1 December 2020 and […]
An experience from a Read with Me library in GhassemAbad village, Jiroft Mahboubeh Ekhlasi, the tireless librarian of Sepehr Library, winner of Jabbar Baghtchban Award 2020, read-aloud the book “Susan Laughs” on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. She then shared lovely pictures of children’s activities with the Read with Me team. You can […]
The COVID-19 pandemic transformed many events and schedules, including the Read with Me training program for a group of teachers in Sirik, Qeshm Island. Last winter, after having provided the teachers with books and resources, their training course was cancelled due to the pandemic. Months later, with financial support from a benefactor and their own […]
Yar-e-Mehraban Read with Me Library was established this September. Located at an elementary school in Arak, Markazi province, this library is host to more than 400 students from nearby schools. Yar-e-Mehraban Library has a child-centered design and a rich literacy environment. It has more than 1000 books. Ms. Kasraei’s financial support made this endeavor possible. […]
On Books, Reading and Librarians Day on 14 November 2020, Iran Public Library Organization introduced the six most active public interactive libraries of 2020 two of which were Read with Me libraries. Khansar Library in Isfahan and Meraj Andishe Library in Sirjan, associated with the Read with Me program,were selected as the best interactive Libraries […]
Finally, the time to announce the winners of the third Baghtcheban award has arrived. This year, as of the previous years, the event was held simultaneously with the National Book Day Celebrations in Iran, on 2 November 2020. Twelve of the creative and distinguished Read with Me teachers nominated for the award were announced. Jabbar […]
Lorestan is a province home to nomadic groups. They migrate southwards in cold seasons and live in the mountains during spring and summer. In autumn and winter, some of their children study in an elementary school in Godargeh village. They return to their nomadic lifestyle before summer. Teenagers work alongside their parents. They are deprived […]
Out of School Children of ShirAbad ShirAbad is a marginal, deprived district in Zahedan. Its children have been deprived of education for various reasons: not having an ID card, poverty, child labor, child marriage and not knowing Persian language. Educating these children started from 2019, when more than 260 started their education journey in first […]
It has been 6 years since the workers at Azarestan Construction Co. have adopted a new custom within their families and started reading books. In 2014, a Read with Me project, unlike any other, started in this company with full support from its managers, in particular Ms. Parvin Amini. Initially, 60 mothers from the worker […]
The 15th day of October is International White Cane Day. On this day, we share with you the experience of a Read with Me teacher with blind and visually impaired students. Fahimeh Jahantigh teaches in an elementary school for children with special needs in Zahedan, Sistan & Balouchestan Province. She teaches a class of blind […]
On one of the first days of school, a Read with Me teacher in Bonjar, Sistan & Balouchestan province read-aloud a story to her first-grade students. The story was chosen from the Learning Phonological Awareness Skills story book which aims at improving children’s basic literacy skills. This book is part of a Basic Literacy Creative […]
This Wednesday, on 30 September 2020, Mahtab Library was opened in Chaikhansar Village, Gilan. This library was established in memory of Mahtab Ghavami on her birthday with support from her family. It is equipped with about 1200 children and young adult books, as well as 800 books for adults. The library is designed based on […]