The read-aloud story and even more so bind the child to the parents, help it grow, and are a simple but effective tool for optimal development: this is the philosophy that has guided the project "Reading to grow" that over 10 years has involved 14 regions, 600 thousand families, 11 thousand workers, 71 hospitals. The results of this project were presented at the Teatro Nuovo in Verona, a city where it started. Read to Grow builds the project "Born to Read", aimed at children and enabled by the Association of American librarians to develop through reading aloud, mental development and love for books. "By reading the story, and adults and young listeners may know each other better and more authentic - explains Fulvio Scaparro psychotherapist - Adults and children can make an excursion into the world of the other, telling a tale, recounting their experiences, reading stories or building. "
THE PROJECT - The project, involving pediatricians, educators, librarians and pharmacists, the practice aims to encourage families and reading the story aloud. Various institutions that have joined, as the City and the University of Verona and the Veneto region. The project was then expanded with specific lines dedicated to children with intellectual disabilities, those in the hospital with the account to reduce stress and isolation of admission, and children of immigrant families to facilitate their integration. "Our classes are increasingly multiethnic - he explains - Just think that 5-6 years ago, children with foreign parents were 20%, and today there are about 35-38%. The reading, which is a specific task and fun at the same time, it is a very effective tool to communicate with them and let them know the Italian language, "said Scaparro. The initiative was sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline as a project of social responsibility.
FOCUS FOR AGE - The Venetian project developed in the nursery has had as its focus the two age groups, children under 4 years, and those of 5-6 years. Depending on the age were chosen several books, preferring those cardboard, colors and personalities known for smaller, more articulate and choosing stories for older children. The stories were first told by teachers with also the help of puppets and dolls and the book before, and then children were asked to repeat it. "So we were able to focus on them - said Barini Anita, a teacher of Kindergarten 'Village Trieste' Cerea (Vr) - on terms related to identity, body, clothing, home and school, teach them differences between male and female, singular and plural, and if necessary correct your grammar. " Were also involved parents, allowing them to participate, along with the children after school hours, in meetings on how to use the reading. "They came many Muslim mothers - ends - Romanians and Albanians, who have appreciated it, because they feel involved and not feel left out."
LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD AND PINOCCHIO Most Read - Despite computers, video games and movies in 3D when it comes to books wins the tradition, at least among children and young Italians today as 10 years ago. Little Red Riding Hood and Pinocchio are in fact the headlines, with 75% of readers, as noted by a survey presented by Massimo Sumberesi in Verona, general manager of Doxa Advice. The survey was presented with a shortlist of 10 titles, chosen from among the best-seller charts, signs of mothers and teachers, a sample of 500 persons, of which 50% of parents with children between 9 and 14 years and 50% young people aged between 15 and 24 years, to make a comparison between the books read by those who were children 10 years ago and who he is today. Thus emerges today as yesterday, the two most popular titles are Little Red Riding Hood and Pinocchio by Collodi, with 75% of readers. Then the ranking changes. If the little prince is 3 / or place (63.4%) for teenagers, that is, children 10 years ago, today there is for children of Alice in Wonderland (63.2%). In the readings of children 4 to 10 years ago / or place there is the boy wizard Harry Potter, followed by the heroine of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, Gulliver's Travels by Swift, Heart of De Amicis, The Secret Garden Francis H. Burnett, the film The Chronicles of Narnia, and Matilda of Roal Dhal. For today's children, as reported by parents, there is the 4 / Harry Potter, or place, followed by The Little Prince, Gulliver's Travels, The Chronicles of Narnia, Heart, Matilda and The Secret Garden.
"The tendency is to be conservative - says Massimo Sumberesi, Director General of Doxa Advice - in fact, are the parents of children that affect the readings, based on their past experiences. "
ALREADY STARTED READING HIGH VOICE TO 6 MONTHS - Read aloud to children, even for a few minutes a day is good, contributes to their mental development and prevents learning disabilities, especially those living in disadvantaged environments. For this they should start as early as six months of life. "Reading aloud to the child must begin in the early periods of life, from the sixth month - says Giampietro Chiamenti, regional secretary FIMP (Federation of Italian pediatricians) Veneto - with books appropriate toy." And to confirm the usefulness of reading to prevent learning problems in difficult situations, Chiamenti recalls the results of recent research conducted in the United States. "We have seen that a child who lives in a family hardship - precise - listen in one hour on average 616 words, hear 5 affirmations and 11 prohibitions receives. If the home is better, listen to the words in an hour quadruple offering greater incentives, the statements are 9 times more numerous and the prohibitions are halved. The story, in this sense, it can become a great tool for better physical and mental growth. " Ideally, therefore, is to read aloud or tell the child at six months. You do not need to spend hours reading, according to experts, it takes even a few minutes every day to build a relationship based on the book as a tool for growth.
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