Promoting Reading with Pre-school Children from Disadvantaged Communities
Tuesday, September 9
Second Session
Book Reading,Early Literacy and Social Development
Prof. Dorit Aram, Tel Aviv University
Beneficial Effects of BookStart in Temperamentally
Highly Reactive Infants
Prof. Adriana Bus, Leiden University
Parents and Teachers Reading with Preschoolers:
The “What”s and “How”s Indicated by Research and
Practice
Prof. William H. Teale, University of Illinois at Chicago
Repeated Mother-Child Shared Book-Reading and
Preschoolers’ Socio-Emotional Competence
Ms. Rotem Schapira, Tel Aviv University and Levinsky
College of Education
How Do Mothers Read to Their Children? The Case of
a Diglossic Language
Dr. Safieha Hasouna Arafat, Beit Berl Academic College
The seminar will focus on strategies and methods for enhancing and
encouraging reading with pre-school children in different settings
among minority groups and disadvantaged communities. Focusing on the
potential of reading to promote children’s wellbeing and
scholastic achievements, the seminar will contribute to promoting
the quality of early childhood education in diverse,
multi-cultural societies. Participants in the seminar are invited
to share experiences, discuss strategies to encourage reading with
pre-school children, and explore steps for future collaboration.
The seminar will take place at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute
Link to the event at website: https://goo.gl/jOAyzm