Discovering how important reading aloud and inventing stories to children is, even when they are very young, and how much joy it brings.
Shared reading groups for parents and very young children
Reading short stories aloud to very young children and talking to them enthusiastically about the little things that happen day to day are important ways of nourishing their young minds. This storytelling helps them to learn, relate to others, get to know themselves, their parents and their brothers and sisters. It gives them the chance to work through different kinds of experiences – whether they be they happy, sad, difficult or confusing – and to find a rhythm for them by alternating between moments of fullness or emptiness.
This reading group experience started in the special library at the Centro Benedetta D’Intino, where it was called “Reading Together Aloud” and now it is spreading to other places around Italy and abroad. The book “A Sunny Day” is a tool that is particularly useful for parents as it helps them to make the transition from reading stories to their children to inventing them.
