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Enjoying Books Together At Home: Ideas for parents and carers for encouraging reading
"Enjoying Books Together at Home" is a short guide for parents to use when introducing their children to the importance of reading outside of school. It includes suggestions for parents and caregivers of activities they can use to encourage reading at hom
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First Read Rwanda: Children aged 0-6 years
This report describes the results of an endline evaluation of First Read, a programme focused on developing emergent literacy skills in children aged 0-6, in three sectors of Rwanda’s Ngororero district. IDELA Documents
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Cambodia First Read Endline Report, 2016
This report describes the results of an evaluation of “FIRST READ: Supporting families with preschool children to learn together in Cambodia”, funded by the Prudence Foundation. IDELA Documents
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Mid Term Evaluation IDEA Project
The IDEA project was designed to improve literacy levels and increase the use of better food and health practices in primary school age children in the department of El Quiché using products and funds provided by FAS. The mid-term evaluation of the Invest
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Literacy Boost: Sri Lanka, Endline Report 2016
This report presents the endline results of the Dubai Cares-funded program "Partnering to Improve Children's Literacy" (Literacy Boost) in Sri Lanka, Killinochchi and Mullaithivu Districts.
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Assessing the Construct Validity of Save the Children's International Development and Early Learning Assessment (IDELA)
The International Development and Early Learning Assessment (IDELA) was developed by Save the Children to assess early childhood development holistically. It has been used in 30 mostly low- and middle-income countries. High-quality measurement plays a cri
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Rwanda: Baseline survey tracking literacy knowledge, attitudes, and practices at the school and community level
Mureke Dusome (Let’s Read) is a four-year project that aims to improve children’s literacy skills by supporting reading outside of school. The project aims to create and strengthen partnerships between schools and communities, increase effective community
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Survey on Children's Readership Preferences and Market Demands for Children's Reading Materials in Rwanda
This study records and examines the broad variety of opinions from children about their reading preferences. Children have a myriad of opinions and personal, unique lives as well as external factors that shape them and determine their preferences. This st
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Ready to Read: England
Learning to read well starts early, and good early language skills are the vital stepping stone. If children do not learn to speak and listen from an early age, along with developing their understanding of the meaning of words and stories, they will strug
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Literacy Boost: Belajar, Indonesia
This report describes the results of a baseline survey of second grade students’ reading skills and background characteristics in the Belu district of Indonesia. The baseline was conducted in order to inform Literacy Boost BELAJAR programming in Belu by e
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Read on Get on
New research published here starkly shows that the UK has the strongest link among developed nations between poor literacy and unemployment. Only one other country in Europe, Romania, has more unequal reading attainment among ten-year-olds. This report se
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Enjoying Books Together: A guide for teachers on the use of books in the classroom
This guide has been produced by the Rwandan Children’s Book Initiative, a project of Save the Children. The aim of the guide is to introduce Rwandan teachers to the importance of written material and books and to share some ideas for how they can be used