Activities

The German Reading Aloud Day (‘Bundesweiter Vorlesetag’) is the largest reading festival in Germany – initiated by weekly newspaper DIE ZEIT, Stiftung Lesen and Deutsche Bahn Stiftung every year on the third Friday in November. In 2022, nearly 790.000 readers and listeners participated in the Nationwide Read Aloud Day on November 18th, coming together to […]

‘Everyone A Reader’, recently launched by Children’s Books Ireland in Clondalkin, Dublin 22, will engage three local schools – Coláiste Bríde, Deansrath Community College and St Kevin’s Community College – to build a love of reading among their students, staff and wider community. Thanks to a three-year committment from Davenham Switchgear, a leading Irish manufacturer […]

Conference. In December 2022 Diavazontas Megalono organized the 2-day Conference “Books and Reading in the early years” with invited speakers from Greece, Germany, Italy, UK and USA. The Conference, organized in collaboration with Goethe-Institut Athen, was under the aegis of the Greek Ministry of Culture. The aim of the Conference was to raise public awareness […]

The main aim of Għodda f’Idejk is to provide and distribute books and educational resources in Maltese and English to primary schools, to support, facilitate and enhance reading and writing programmes such as guided reading and storytelling. For further information kindly visit the Facebook Page L-Għodda f’Idejk.

Seħer l-Istejjer / The Magic of Stories is a family literacy programme intended for children between 4 and 7, and their parents/guardians. The primary aim of this programme is to promote a love of reading among children and their parents/guardians. Weekly sessions are held free of charge, during which a number of stories are read in a […]

The Aqra Miegħi / Read with Me early literacy programme is intended for children from 0 to 3 years and their parents/caregivers. Each session features the sharing of storybooks, the singing of nursery rhymes and other fun activities for this age group. The main objectives of the programme are to promote a love of books, and develop the […]

The Bil-Qari u l-Kitba Niskorja / Footballers’ Read and Write Programme (FRWP) is a football and literacy programme which offers upper primary and middle state school students an opportunity to participate in reading and writing activities related to football and sports. For further information please visit the Facebook Page Footballers’ Read and Write Programme​​.

Reading Recovery (RR) is an intervention programme designed to meet the needs of children who have the lowest achievement in literacy learning within a specific 6-month age range in Year 2. Children are taught individually, by a specially trained teacher, for 30 minutes each day. University College London, working with the National literacy Agency, trains teachers […]

The Ambaxxaturi tal-Qari / Reading Ambassadors programme is a school based literacy initiative that promotes a positive attitude towards reading through organised events involving local personalities. During these events, the chosen reading ambassadors read to different classes, in either Maltese or English, and then discuss the book with the students. A forum involving the whole school is […]