Early Years
Home Reading Initiative
The Scottish Executive launched the three year Home Reading Initiative campaign in 2003. It aims to:
- target parents/carers to take a more active role in their child's education and to start reading with them from an early age
- encourage children to read more out of the classroom.
A small grants scheme has made funds available from the beginning of April 2003. The aim is to assist early years centres, community organisations and groups and schools in setting up projects and schemes that will help to develop the objectives of the Home Reading Initiative. Bids will be invited for start-up projects that aim to:
- develop the awareness of parents/carers
- increase access to home reading facilities such as libraries
- develop schemes such as book-sharing clubs or any for use in other innovative ideas.
The Read Together website provides information to help parents read with their child.
Illustration by Ali Scott, from 'Beginning with Books'.