Activities

With “EUROKiK”, the cultural kick in the classroom for EURO 2024, we are using the enthusiasm for soccer and the EURO 2024 as motivation, learning content and an object of cultural education.  Over 150 schools from all over Germany have taken part in the project since the start of the school year. Using teaching materials specially […]

The event is addressed to children 0-14 years old and takes place in a park under the trees. It consists of parallel reading aloud sessions in several languages, special spaces with books for children who wish to read independently, a multilingual free book bazaar, an art workshop and two exhibitions (the first includes books for […]

For over 20 years, the Reading Foundation has been harnessing the potential of magazines for literacy promotion. Given the diversity of children and adolescents, the approaches to accessing texts and reading must be equally varied. Magazines provide access to language, writing, short texts, and interesting topics, thus promoting reading in an engaging and enjoyable way. […]

The German Reading Award recognizes innovative and proven literacy promotion measures and seeks outstanding individuals, measures, and projects each year in fields that contribute to maintaining and promoting a culture of reading. Reading pleasure and literacy are central foundations for educational ability and thus for societal participation. Despite significant efforts, literacy skills in Germany are […]

National and international educational studies consistently show that many children and adolescents find reading difficult. By the end of fourth grade, nearly 20 percent of elementary school children in Germany can read individual words but not longer sentences or even entire texts. The consequences are felt as teenagers in secondary education and in their career […]

We want to celebrate with you the International Book Day and see books as a life companion. “World Book and Copyright Day is celebrated on 23 April. The reason: on 23 April 1616, Cervantes, Shakespeare and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega died. Other eminent writers such as Vladimir Nabokov, Josep Pla and Manuel Mejía Vallejo […]