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Guidance for Caregivers Animation: Introduction (English)
Guidance for Caregivers Animation: Introduction (English)

This animation introduces the importance of caregiver involvement in reading activities, and the benefits of books and reading for children’s development and learning.

Author
World Bank Group
Publisher
World Bank Group
Language
Category
Animations
Series
Read@Home Parent Engagement Materials
Collection
English
Licensing condition
Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 IGO
Print file (Crop marks)
No
Guidance for Caregivers Facilitator Flip Book Darker Skin 3 session version
Guidance for Caregivers Facilitator Flip Book Darker Skin 3 session version

This flip book is designed to be used over three meetings with caregivers, with content divided into three sessions.

Author
World Bank Group
Publisher
World Bank Group
Language
Category
Flip books
Year of publication
2022
Series
Read@Home Parent Engagement Materials
Collection
Version 1
Licensing condition
Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 IGO
Print file (Crop marks)
Yes
Guidance for Caregivers Facilitator Flip Book Version 1 2 session version
Guidance for Caregivers Facilitator Flip Book Version 1 2 session version

This flip book is designed to be used over two meetings with caregivers, with content divided into two sessions.

Author
World Bank Group
Illustrator
Erin Johnson
Lara Shearer
Room3
Publisher
World Bank Group
Language
Category
Flip books
Year of publication
2019
Series
Read@Home Parent Engagement Materials
Collection
Version 1
Licensing condition
Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 IGO
Print file (Crop marks)
No
Read@Home Product Orientation Booklet_July2022_3.png
Read@Home Product Orientation Booklet_July2022_3.png

This booklet provides an overview of all the resources in the Parent Engagement Package and guidance on how these materials could be used, adapted, and combined in different contexts.

Author
World Bank Group
Publisher
World Bank Group
Language
Category
Orientation booklet
Year of publication
2021
Series
Read@Home Parent Engagement Materials
Licensing condition
Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 IGO
Print file (Crop marks)
No
Guidance for caregivers - Demonstration videos introduction
Guidance for caregivers - Demonstration videos introduction

This demonstration video provides examples of the following parent engagement techniques and activities:

Author
World Education
Publisher
World Bank Group
Language
Category
Demonstration videos
Collection
Video
Licensing condition
Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 IGO
Print file (Crop marks)
Yes
Guidance for caregivers: Handouts and a discussion guide (Version 1)
Guidance for caregivers: Handouts and a discussion guide (Version 1)

Handouts are divided into four sections:

Author
World Bank Group
Publisher
World Bank Group
Language
Category
Handouts
Series
Read@Home Parent Engagement Materials
Collection
Version 1
Print file (Crop marks)
Yes

 

It’s been an eventful year. In spite of the Pandemic, we have much to celebrate in the promotion of early literacy and a culture of reading in the global South. The awards and milestones achieved by the institutions and people listed below should be applauded, given the many challenges they faced in 2020.

So, we’ve put together a list of all the excellent happenings that we’ve noted; if anything is missing, please let us know in the comments section below.

Guidance for Caregivers Animation: Introduction (English)
Guidance for Caregivers Animation: Introduction (English)
Author
World Bank Group
Publisher
World Bank Group
Language
Category
Posters
Collection
Version 1
Licensing condition
Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 IGO
Print file (Crop marks)
Yes
 Posters - Benefits (Version 1)
 Posters - Benefits (Version 1)
Author
World Bank Group
Publisher
World Bank Group
Language
Category
Posters
Collection
Version 1
Licensing condition
Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 IGO
Print file (Crop marks)
Yes

Award winning author and translator, and Managing Editor at Puku Children’s Literature Foundation, Lorato Trok chatted to us before the launch about the the making of the book. She has been a champion of this project from the get go, getting behind the idea after encouraging Ouma Katrina to attend a My Language, My Heritage writing workshop hosted in the Northern Cape a few years ago, and then getting to know her on a personal level.

As part of their efforts to ensure that every child should own 100 books before the age of five, South African non-profit organization (NPO), Book Dash, recently did a remarkable thing: It created, published and distributed three new books during the national lockdown.

The organization gathered two teams of creative professionals who volunteered to pilot this new virtual Book Dash. Then, making the most of their learning from the past 14 physical events, Book Dash successfully replicated the experience online, with some adjustments.

‘Researchers are agreed that reading aloud is the single most important activity by which parents, grandparents and caregivers can foster early brain development, lifelong learning success, reading pleasure and reading skills.’

Early literacy is universally acknowledged to be critical when it comes to the education and development of our children, and their life-long learning. But even in countries where the home language is not a Western language, early literacy teaching is not in that language. This is unfortunate as research shows that children learn to read more effectively if they learn in their mother tongue. Since its inception in 2010, a non-governmental organization (NGO) based in Lira, Uganda, the Mango Tree Literacy Lab (MTLL), has worked hard to address this, and to realize their belief that African children have the right to read, write and engage with ideas in a language they know and understand.

I’m fascinated by the simple notion of children authoring stories for other children to read and enjoy – it makes so much sense. In its project, Soma Book Café, went one step further. The four children whose stories were selected by judges consisting of other children and adults worked with published authors, illustrators, designers, and other book professionals to turn their ideas and words into a professional product in print and online. Putting these ideas into practise proved to be a lot more complex than envisaged; delivering thought-provoking learnings to the adults who took on the challenge.

Schools may be closed, but children can continue to learn and enjoy reading storybooks during this difficult period. We’ve told you about wonderful places to identify good storybooks in previous blog posts.

In this post, we’re going to tell you about resources for parents and caregivers who want to help their children with learning and reading.

Kalamu Ndogo (Little Scribes) is a new book series written by children for children under the auspices of the Soma Book Café Watoto na Vitabu (Children and Books) storytelling hub and Saturday children’s programme. This is a space for children between the ages of six and 13 to hone their reading and storytelling skills. The series is a product of experimental work on how to facilitate children to research and write original stories inspired by Tanzanian storytelling traditions. These stories are also informed by how the children experience contemporary realities and their aspirations beyond the here and now.

What really struck me when attending the recent AfLIA-run World Read Aloud Day webinar was this profound quote our host, Dr Nkem Osuigwe, included in her presentation:                 
 

These non-governmental organizations (NGOs), which have innovatively adopted open licensing publishing and distribution models and that specialize in solving early literacy challenges in developing nations, were selected along with a list of other initiatives, ‘for their exemplary work in ensuring that children continue to build critical literacy skills.’

Despite the availability of these resources, we need more storybooks in local languages to ensure all children can learn to read in their mother tongue, identify with characters that look and 'sound' just like them, and develop a love of reading. Kirsty von Gogh and Lisbeth Levey have written a paper called 'African children deserve stories about themselves' exploring the intersecting roles of African authors, illustrators, communities, and languages in story creation, download and read the paper here.

Meet Akoss Ofori-Mensah of Sub-Saharan Publishers. She is working with Neil Butcher & Associates (NBA) to research the impact of open licensing on publishing business models by sharing books in underserved local Ghanaian languages. Akoss says she agreed to this work because she wants to understand how open licensing works and:

…its benefits to children; especially allowing them to read stories in their own mother tongue.

Version 2: Guidance for Caregivers Facilitator Flip Book - 6 session version
Version 2: Guidance for Caregivers Facilitator Flip Book - 6 session version

Author
World Bank Group
Publisher
World Bank Group
Language
Category
Flip books
Year of publication
2022
Series
Read@Home Parent Engagement Materials
Collection
Version 2
Licensing condition
Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 IGO
Print file (Crop marks)
Yes
Version 2: Guidance for Caregivers Facilitator Flip Book - 4 sessions
Version 2: Guidance for Caregivers Facilitator Flip Book - 4 sessions

Author
World Bank Group
Publisher
World Bank Group
Language
Category
Flip books
Year of publication
2022
Series
Read@Home Parent Engagement Materials
Collection
Version 2
Licensing condition
Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 IGO
Print file (Crop marks)
Yes
Guidance for caregivers: Handouts and a discussion guide (Version 2)
Guidance for caregivers: Handouts and a discussion guide (Version 2)

Handouts are divided into four sections:

  • Handout 1 - Introduction 
  • Handout 2 - Benefits 
  • Handout 3 - Before, During and After
  • Handout 4 - Supporting Children with Disabilities

Each handout is accompanied by a discussion guide, which can be used to discuss the content of the handouts with caregivers either in person, or over the phone. 
 

Author
World Bank Group
Publisher
World Bank Group
Language
Category
Handouts
Series
Read@Home Parent Engagement Materials
Collection
Version 2
Print file (Crop marks)
Yes
Guidance for Caregivers: Animation 2.1: Before the story (English)
Guidance for Caregivers: Animation 2.1: Before the story (English)

This animation introduces the importance of caregiver involvement in reading activities, and the benefits of books and reading for children’s development and learning.

Author
World Bank Group
Publisher
World Bank Group
Language
Category
Animations
Series
Read@Home Parent Engagement Materials
Collection
English
Licensing condition
Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 IGO
Print file (Crop marks)
No
Guidance for caregivers: Demonstration video 3
Guidance for caregivers: Demonstration video 3

This demonstration video provides examples of the following parent engagement techniques and activities:

Author
World Education
Publisher
World Bank Group
Language
Category
Demonstration videos
Collection
Video
Licensing condition
Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 IGO
Print file (Crop marks)
Yes

This manual aims to provide practical guidance on the identification and selection of quality children’s reading materials for home use, and the identification or design of accompanying materials for caregivers to support children’s learning. The manual is part of the Read@Home initiative, which aims to deliver reading and learning materials to hard-to-reach homes.

Author
Marcela Gutierrez Bernal
Adelle Pushparatnam
Melissa Diane Kelly
Shirin Lutfeali
Publisher
World Bank Group