NATI PER LEGGERE

Nati per leggere:A national programme to enhance literacy and health in

small children through reading aloud

Raising a Nation of Readers: IFLA Satellite MeetingRoma, 19 August 2009

Giovanna MalgaroliGruppo nazionale di coordinamento Nati per leggere

www.natiperleggere.it

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Nati per leggere (Born to read) is a national initiative by the professionalassociations of Paediatricians (Associazioneculturale pediatri) and Librarians (AssociazioneItaliana biblioteche) to enhance literacy in smallchildren through reading aloud

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The programme is based on the EmergentLiteracy Studies, that is the development ofreading and writing skills in the first years of thechild’s life

The acquisition of reading skills

Focused attention and

handling the book (at 6/8 months of age)

Manipulating the book(1 year of age)

Pretending to read (at 2 years of age)

Telling the story reading pictures(at 3 years of age)

Reading…

EMERGENT LITERACY

Programs

Nati per leggere shares with the following programs the

aim to enhance the inclination to read in children with the

contribution of medical and health professionals:

Reach out and read

www.reachoutandread.org/

Bookstart

www.bookstart.co.uk

Nascuts per llegir

www.nascutsperllegir.org

The mission of NPL

The mission of Nati per leggere

is to cultivate

the inclination to read in children,

together with their parents and carers in general.

How does it work?

• Decentralization, flexibility and adaptation to the

local situations

• Involvement, by education and training, of local services and operators in the establishment of a networkever more widespread to facilitate the reading experience of parents and children

• Librarians, paediaticians, educators and volunteers

working togenther

• The National Committee takes care of public

relations and promotes training activities at national level.

Training of

NPL supporters

Training is essential to create a common language

among people of different professional and cultural

backgrounds, first of all librarians and paediatricians

but also social and health workers, teachers and other

people of the local community who will be involved in

locally setting up and coordinating a network of

interventions of the individual services.

The operative

methodology suggested

We think that the most effective strategy to reach the

goal is to set up local operative structures, supported

by public libraries and paediatricians, which can get

involved in a methodical and widespread activity to

awaken all the family, education and health

environments to perceive reading as a cultural

improvement and social benefit factor for children

and indirectly for all the adults involved.

Role of paediatricians

Paediatricians are in a unique position to promote

early literacy for two reasons:

they regularly interact with young children and their

parents at well-child check-ups

parents trust and respect the guidance that they

receive from paediatricians and health operators

Role of libraries

and librarians

Public libraries can offer great and effective

opportunities to those who endeavour to attract

potential or sporadic readers toward reading and

consolidate inconsistent habits.

Public libraries are in fact the suppliers of continuous

learning available to all citizens; among their priorities

they attempt to propose reading as an experience free

from duties and interference, through a wide and

diversified offer.

The anticipatory guide

The anticipatory guide in the languages of the foreign communities

Bibliographical selection and guidance

The most recent national bibliography published in 2008

Bibliographical selection and guidance:features and requirements of the first book

http://www.natiperleggere.it/documenti/primo_libro.pdf

Relations with publishers

The first two editions of the

Catalogue of books in special edition for NPL local projects

The Nati per leggere National Prize

A video to promote reading with babies and toddlers

Extension of the project

32,83%

67,17%

Popolazione interessata dai progetti NPL 2007

Popolazione interessa-ta da NPL al 31.12.2007

Popolazione italiana al 31.12.2007

Demographic area interested by NPL local interventions in 2007

32,83% =

19.573.218 inhabitants

Itaian population at

31.12.2007: 59.619.290

Number of operators involved by region (7403)

Veneto

Valle d'Aosta

UmbriaTrentino Alto Adige

Toscana

SiciliaSardegna

PugliaPiemonte

Molise

MarcheLombardia

Liguria

LazioFriuli Venezia Giulia

Emilia RomagnaCampania

Calabria

BasilicataAbruzzo

0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500

110

73

3

27

1205

286

1068

14

847

148

2

2201

68

456

45

114

173

115

190

258

Operatori coinvolti per regione

Number of operators involved by profession

(7403)

0 250 500 750 1000 1250 1500 1750 2000 2250 2500 2750 3000 3250

Bibliotecari 1555

Pediatri 1130

Educatori 3169

Volontari 1194

Altri operatori 355

Operatori coinvolti per categoria

Number of children met through NPL local interventions related to target population

Totale

Veneto

Valle d'Aosta

Umbria

Trentino Alto Adige

Toscana

Sicilia

Sardegna

Puglia

Piemonte

Molise

Marche

Lombardia

Liguria

Lazio

Friuli Venezia Giulia

Emilia Romagna

Campania

Calabria

Basilicata

Abruzzo

050000

100000150000

200000250000

300000350000

400000

5910

8000

3850

30499

9823

20089

300

31430

1465

300

108855

5114

9172

3270

1875

2280

5630

1000

7056

255918

11441

30977

464

26440

140219

23840

185617

513

178917

5494

300

222273

9999

80107

18720

18960

31369

23224

7025

76991

1092890

Bambini 0-5 anni contattati dai progetti locali / popolazione di riferimento

Bambini contattati = 255.918

Pop. 0-5 anni = 1.092.890

Type of actions undertaken by local projects

307 293

69

199

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

Suggest

reading

Deliver leaflet

about reading

aloud

Invite to visit

library

Gift of

appropriate

books

N. questionari

Azioni

Type of actions undertaken by local projects

Laboratori e attività di animazione della lettura per bambini in biblioteca

Spettacoli per bambini in biblioteca

0

25

50

75

100

125

150

175

200

225

250 246

128

Iniziative di animazione e spettacoli per bambini in biblioteca

Type of actions undertaken by local projects

23

142

228

Lettori volontari e letture ad alta voce

Lettori volontari in ambula-torio

Lettori volontari in biblioteca

Letture ad alta voce

Type of actions undertaken by local projects

Formazione per operatori, genitori e

volontari

Sensibilizzazione ( incontri con i

genitori, con gli educatori, corsi di

preparazione al parto)

Partecipazione a gruppi multidi-

sciplinari

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

110

120

130

140

150

160

170

180

190

200

194

138

184

Attività di formazione, sensibilizzazione e motivazione degli operatori e dei genitori

Financial resources spent by local projects

€ 256.412,33

€ 324.622,90

€ 497.091,69

€ 844.437,71

€ 909.519,45

€ 1.080.326,21

€ 1.416.062,37

€ 0,00

€ 200.000,00

€ 400.000,00

€ 600.000,00

€ 800.000,00

€ 1.000.000,00

€ 1.200.000,00

€ 1.400.000,00

€ 1.600.000,00

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

€ 5.328.472 in 7 years

Local sponsors of the project

52,97%

17,18%

7,98%

0,41%5,11%

1,64%3,89%

10,84%Comune

Provincia

Regione

ACP

Aziende

Banche

Fondazioni

Altri

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“For many people the public library is not the first place they would go.

In order to get everybody in touch with all the materials for babies and toddlers the library should get closer to the lives of people in the community. Waiting rooms, family education centres and preschools are perfect places to get in touch with the target group.

Working together with staff of health care centres is necessary because in many countries almost all parents visit those centres with their babies where the growth, weight, physical and speech development are checked regularly.

The early years are the most important ones for speech develpment and therefore library staff must focus on working together in a network of appropriate professionals.”1

That is what Nati per leggere tries to realize.

1. IFLA Guidelins for library services to babies and toddlers

<http://www.ifla.org/VII/d3/pub/Profrep100-it.pdf>

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is promoted by:

Associazione culturale pediatri

Associazione italiana biblioteche

Centro per la salute del bambino Onlus