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Blog #9 Get Readers on the Wavelength of Emotions (GROWE) project

Blog #9 Get Readers on the Wavelength of Emotions (GROWE) project

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Two birds with one stone

By Ariana-Stanca Vacaretu and Maria Kovacs, Asociatia LSDGC Romania

In this blog, we first describe how we built on our experiences and partnerships to develop a European project called Get Readers on the Wavelength of Emotions (GROWE). Next, we share the conceptual model that underpins the GROWE project, and some findings about the impact of the GROWE teacher training program. 

When we first thought of the GROWE project, our motivation was to collaborate with European partners to work out a way for the secondary classroom to tackle disciplinary literacy and social-emotional learning simultaneously.… Read the rest

Blog #7: Finland’s first book gifting program

Blog #7: Finland’s first book gifting program

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Finland’s first book gifting program supported early reading with success

Emmi Jäkkö, Development director, The Finnish Reading Centre

Two thirds of the families that received one of the book gift program’s Lukulahja lapselle book bags at a maternal and child health care clinic are reading more than before, according to the impact survey. All the public health nurses involved believe that the book bags encourage families to read.… Read the rest