The Reading Together Programme
The Reading Together Programme is a research-based workshop programme for teachers, parents and children. It helps parents to support their children's reading at home more effectively. The programme, which was developed by Jeanne Biddulph in 1982 as an action-research project at the University of Canterbury, has been successfully implemented by teachers throughout New Zealand.
Reading Together provides effective support for all children and their parents/whānau i.e.
- children who are struggling with reading
- children who are reluctant readers
- children who are competent readers
- children from junior primary to junior secondary school
- children and parents from diverse language/literacy, cultural, educational and socio-economic backgrounds
The workshop programme builds constructive relationships between parents and teachers/principals, parents and parents, parents and children, and parents and community librarians.
