Read with Me, A Cool Breeze in the Hot Summer of Brick Kilns

Children of southern Tehran’s brick kilns, have been experiencing group reading sessions every summer for a few years now. A blessing made possible through Read with Me volunteers. Brick kiln workers migrate from far away villages and cities…

I Am Not a Chair!: A Reading Aloud Experience

"I Am Not a Chair!" is a book about a giraffe that everybody mistakes for a chair. But he is not as self-confident as to tell them he’s not a chair, but a giraffe. At first he endures a smelly skunk and a heavy rhinoceros sitting on him and…

JahadAbad Children’s Step Towards Knowledge

A Report of the Improvement of Out-of-school JahadAbad Children  Date: March 2019 It’s only been a few months since JahadAbad children entered the classroom and now they are full-fledged students! JahadAbad is a village in the marginal…

Children at Mehr-o-Mah Empowerment Center, in Search of their Island of Happiness

The Island of Happiness, a book written by Marit Törnqvist, tells the tale of a girl in search of happiness. Due to its poetic, philosophical content and exquisite illustrations, this book won the award for best illustrated book of Flanders…

A Teacher Who Believes in the Magic of Words

His name is Ahmad. A teacher from Hirmand, Sistan & Balouchestan. He teaches the sixth grade at an Elementary School. He is the sort of teacher who knows the village. He knows its children. Because he has once been one of them. On the other…

Children Aren’t Forgotten during New Year’s Holidays!

This year, New Year's holidays passed, with all the good news and the bitter ones. Yet Read with Me teachers, librarians and promoters, carried books around even on their trips. So that every chance they got, they would take children on a different…

A Letter to Author, from the Earthquake-stricken Kermanshah

A girl from the earthquake-stricken Rijaab in Kermanshah, Iran, writes a letter to author, MohammadHadi Mohammadi. The librarian of this city, sent a photo of this letter to Read with Me project coordinators in Tehran: “From Sahar Hello…
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Four years of Children’s Companionship with Books in Ameneh Nursery

One day in 2013, the Children's Culture Museum welcomed special guests. They were angels from Ameneh Nursery, who visited the museum in “a noisy silence”. The museum attractions caused excitement and curiosity among children but they were…

How the Read with Me project changed the lives of children in Ameneh Nursery

When a group of toddlers from Ameneh Nursery visited the History of Childhood Culture ExpoMuseum (held by Institute for Research on the History of Children’s Literature) in 2013, the Institute experts found that these children, aged between…

Improvements of vocal and auditory skills of children in Ameneh Nursery

When a group of children from Ameneh Nursery visited the History of Childhood Culture ExpoMuseum in Negarestan Museum-Garden in ۲۰۱۳, the institute's experts discovered the essential needs of these children to improve the vocal and…
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Read with Me experiences in Kousha House of Kids

Read with Me experts visited and reported the progress of project in Kousha House of Kids twice in July 2015.In this center mornings are started by children chants and songs and exercises. These exercises are planned in accordance with songs…
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“Read with Me” Annual Report- South Khorasan – 2013-2014

Since 2013, due to the effective and comprehensive presence of Yavari Cultural Community in South Khorasan, the implementation of “Read With Me” project in deprived and remote villages of the province was offered to them. After extensive…