This animation introduces the importance of caregiver involvement in reading activities, and the benefits of books and reading for children’s development and learning.
This animation introduces the importance of caregiver involvement in reading activities, and the benefits of books and reading for children’s development and learning.
This animation introduces the importance of caregiver involvement in reading activities, and the benefits of books and reading for children’s development and learning.
This animation introduces the importance of caregiver involvement in reading activities, and the benefits of books and reading for children’s development and learning.
This animation introduces the importance of caregiver involvement in reading activities, and the benefits of books and reading for children’s development and learning.
This animation introduces the importance of caregiver involvement in reading activities, and the benefits of books and reading for children’s development and learning.
This animation introduces the importance of caregiver involvement in reading activities, and the benefits of books and reading for children’s development and learning.
This animation introduces the importance of caregiver involvement in reading activities, and the benefits of books and reading for children’s development and learning.
This animation introduces the importance of caregiver involvement in reading activities, and the benefits of books and reading for children’s development and learning.
This animation introduces the importance of caregiver involvement in reading activities, and the benefits of books and reading for children’s development and learning.
This animation introduces the importance of caregiver involvement in reading activities, and the benefits of books and reading for children’s development and learning.
This animation introduces the importance of caregiver involvement in reading activities, and the benefits of books and reading for children’s development and learning.
To teach young children to read, teachers and students need textbooks, lesson plans, and reading materials that are aligned with each other and with the science of reading. Books should also be procured at reasonable costs, and delivered to every classroom before the start of the school year.
This paper was written for the 5th IBBY Africa Regional Meeting, which was held 29 August-1 September 2019 in Accra, Ghana. The conference took as its theme: the importance of illustrations in children’s books.
This paper was written for the 5th IBBY Africa Regional Meeting, which was held 29 August-1 September 2019 in Accra, Ghana. The conference took as its theme: the importance of illustrations in children’s books.
Ubongo is a non-profit social enterprise, originating from Tanzania and with staff across Africa, which produces edutainment content for kids and caregivers. Ubongo has two main cartoon shows: Ubongo Kids and Akili and Me.
With funding from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and as part of its work on the early literacy ecosystem and open licensing, Neil Butcher & Associates (NBA) is conducting research into the successful sharing of alternative content creation and distribution models that harness open licensing.
With funding from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and as part of its work on the early literacy ecosystem and open licensing, Neil Butcher & Associates (NBA) convened a small workshop, which brought together key players in early literacy in Africa.
Openly licensed resources are ‘free’ to access, but there are significant creation, adaptation, production, and use costs. The long-term sustainability of local-language publishing requires that these costs be met fairly, using financial models that will enable people to establish, grow, and maintain effective content creation organizations.
This presentation was created for the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) workshop in Nairobi on National Book and Reading Policies for Africa from 17th to 19th June 2019. The presentation addresses issues related to the cost of storybook creation and adaptation of storybooks.
Cette présentation a été créée pour l'atelier de l'Association pour le développement de l'éducation en Afrique (ADEA) à Nairobi sur les politiques nationales du livre et de la lecture pour l'Afrique du 17 au 19 juin 2019. La présentation aborde les questions liées au coût de la création et de l'adaptation des livres d'histoires.
This presentation was delivered delivered on 22 May, 2019 at the 3rd African Library & Information Association (AfLIA) Conference and 5th African Library Summit, held at the Weston Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya. The theme of the conference was ‘African libraries creating the Africa we want and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals’.
Open Licensing and Publishing in Africa: What is open licensing and why is it topical to authors, publishers and illustrators? This presentation was created for the Association for the Development in Africa (ADEA) and Global Book Alliance Seminar on Open Licensing in Accra, Ghana on 2 September, 2018.
A key barrier to improving children's reading skills is limited or no access to textbooks and reading materials. An open education resource (OER) policy could help progress Early Grade Reading (EGR) efforts and is now a policy requirement for all United States Government-funded projects. Can stakeholders in the book production chain embrace an OER model, finding benefit in the approach for their businesses?
Openly licensed resources are ‘free’ to access, but there can be significant user, creation, adaptation, and production costs. The long-term sustainability of African publishing in local languages requires that these costs be met fairly and completely, using models that will encourage people to establish, grow, and sustain excellent content creation organizations.
In 2015, NBA received a grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to explore the potential for open licensing in enhancing the availability of mother-tongue early-literacy reading resources in the developing world.
Paper presented at the 2017 Africa regional conference of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) in August 2017 in Kampala, Uganda.
This updated primer discusses challenges and issues faced by content creators, such as publishers, authors, illustrators, and teachers, all of whom have a stake in producing high-quality and cost-effective materials for education. This version includes lessons learned from the COVID-19 lockdowns, technology challenges that still impede access to digital content, and the tradeoffs between digital access and print.
This note outlines the World Bank’s Read@Home initiative’s recommendations for a “first collection” of children’s
literature. It is intended for Read@Home and other early reading programs involved in the development and/or
selection of books to support children’s pre-reading and early reading skills.
Cette note présente les recommandations de l'initiative Read@Home de la Banque mondiale pour une "première collection" de littérature pour enfants.
Elle est destinée à Read@Home et à d'autres programmes de lecture précoce impliqués dans le développement et/ou la
sélection de livres pour soutenir les compétences de prélecture et de lecture précoce des enfants.
These First Books templates are square books. The square size mimics the format of most board books for this age group. This resource contains InDesign Master Templates in the proper trim size, with pre-created parent pages for ease of use and a PDF Users’ Guide to aid designers working with the templates.
Ces modèles de First Books sont des livres carrés. Le format carré imite le format de la plupart des livres cartonnés pour ce groupe d'âge. Cette ressource contient des modèles InDesign Master dans le format de rognage approprié, avec des pages parentes pré-créées pour faciliter l'utilisation et un guide de l'utilisateur au format PDF pour aider les concepteurs à travailler avec les modèles.
This template is available only in portrait trim, and at a smaller size than a picturebook. The size is standard for leveled readers in the children’s book industry. This resource contains InDesign Master Templates in the proper trim size, with pre-created parent pages for ease of use and a PDF Users’ Guide to aid designers working with the templates.
Ce modèle est disponible uniquement en format portrait et dans un format plus petit qu'un livre d'images. Ce format est standard pour les livres de lecture graduée dans l'industrie du livre pour enfants. Cette ressource contient des modèles InDesign Master dans le format approprié, avec des pages parentes pré-créées pour une utilisation facile et un guide de l'utilisateur au format PDF pour aider les concepteurs à travailler avec les modèles.
This template includes nonfiction features such as a table of contents, captions, sidebars, and bibliographies.This resource contains InDesign Master Templates in the proper trim size, with pre-created parent pages for ease of use and a PDF Users’ Guide to aid designers working with the templates.
Ce modèle comprend des éléments non romanesques tels qu'une table des matières, des légendes, des encadrés et des bibliographies. Cette ressource contient des modèles InDesign Master dans le format de rognage approprié, avec des pages parentes pré-créées pour faciliter leur utilisation, ainsi qu'un guide de l'utilisateur au format PDF pour aider les concepteurs à travailler avec les modèles.