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 […]

“Let’s read together!”, organized annualy since 2019, aims to promote reading as a joyful activity that brings people together and highlight the importance of mother tongue reading for children with immigrant background. With readings of children’s books, creative workshops, book exhibitions, free reading spaces offering titles for all preferences, and free books bazaar, Diavazontas Megalono […]

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 […]