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Having children is a key motivator for adults with low-level
literacy skills to get back into learning. Got kids? Get reading!
is a new family reading promotion for adults at Entry Level
3 - Level 2 (readability level 9-14) who have children aged
0-7 years. It gives the message that it's good to share books
with your children and for them to see you enjoying reading.
A booklist to support this promotion was launched in 2004 which has continued to be very popular. This has now been incorporated into the expanded First Choice Books database at www.firstchoicebooks.org.uk. We will also make available an updated booklist which merges the titles originally selected to support the Five Minutes and Got kids? Get reading! promotions.
 Children's
titles
Mainstream
titles for emergent readers
You may also want to look at the Five Minutes collections for titles specifically chosen for dads.
Developed for children's libraries, colleges, family centres
and schools, the Got kids? Get Reading! package includes:
- attractive banners, headers, posters and stickers to
display Got kids? books
- personal reading diaries for parenting classes, family
centres, family reading groups and as giveaways to parents
- eyecatching postcards to build awareness of Got kids?
books with parents and tutors
'I've been inspired to choose some books for myself'.
Parent
'For the first time my son has picked up a book and
run to me to ask for it to be read'. Parent |
The Got kids? Get reading! display materials include: banner
495mm x 700mm; A3 header for dumpbins; A4 poster; A6 postcard;
reading diary and stickers and are available for immediate
dispatch from The Reading Agency.
Order
form
The Got Kids? Get Reading! screensaver is a great way to flag
up the collection in libraries and computer suites. Download
it here for free.
Please note: you will need to use Winzip to open the
files (this programme is free to download, click Winzip
if you do not have it and follow the instructions. You can
then come back to these pages to get the screensavers). Your
computer may already have Winzip, so when you click to download
the screensavers you will simply have to follow the instructions
onscreen. It is recommended that you download the programme
to your desktop, and then you can open it from there.
The Got kids? Get reading! collections are aimed at adults
with skills gaps who have children under the age of seven,
although older children in the family may also be involved.
To gain maximum benefit, the collections are best used in
the context of family learning or as part of a Skills for
Life or literacy course.
 Read
how Cumbria Library Service used the collection as part
of wider family learning
A DfES-funded pilot project in 2005 found that as a result
of taking part in Got kids? Get reading! activities, both
parents and children read more for pleasure and parents said
that they intended to go on reading and learning. Many parents
and children from the pilot projects joined the library for
the first time. Read more about the pilot
projects here.
The Vital Link has developed 'Get going with Got kids? Get reading!' - a one day training course aimed at public and school library staff, family learning coordinators and Children's Centre managers. It covers the Got kids? Get reading! pilot project, resources and collections; partnership opportunities and development; developing stock for parents/carers with a basic skills need and reading activities and ideas. Please contact jenny.warner@readingagency.org.uk for more information. | |
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