Lions Club Bad Homburg promotes reading adventures for first graders!

Lions Club Bad Homburg promotes reading adventures for first graders!

With fresh creativity and special attention to reading promotion, the Lions Club Bad Homburg starts an exciting project at the Friedrich Ebert School. The aim is to increase reading skills for school beginners and promote curiosity to reading. [Taunus Nachrichten] (https://www.taunus-nachrichten.de/bad-homburg/bad-homburg/lions-club-bad-homburg-startet-projekt-lesnetuete- ID188064.html) reports that the Lions Club, supported by the Supp’s bookstore Start.

The “reading bag” project stipulates that the first graders are given a personalized book at the beginning of school. Parents should be actively involved: they are encouraged to read from the book in order to arouse the interest of the children in self -employed reading. "With reading aloud, we can support the parents directly and build a bridge to read," said the initiators.

The creative design of the reading bags

Not only the content of the reading bags is transparent, the exterior is also lovingly designed. The “reading bags” themselves are painted by fourth graders and thus receive a personal touch. This sponsorship between the older and younger students not only promotes reading skills, but also social cohesion at school. The colorfully designed bags will be presented in August at the beginning of the next school year.

In the bags, the first graders not only find a book, but also small gifts and a letter to the parents. This letter provides information about the great importance of reading for linguistic development and encourages the parents to actively read with their children. Börsenverein emphasizes that such projects are an important step towards reading support nationwide!

meaning of reading skills

Reading skills is a central building block for a child's educational and life path. At the start of school, children in Germany often bring very different language skills, which is due to their family background. The Federal Ministry of Education and Research underlines that good reading skills are key skills for school success. Unfortunately, many students leave school without the necessary reading and writing capabilities, which is why projects such as "reading bag" are important.

In addition, parents can also look beyond the social background of their children through such offers. What initially appears as simple reading promotion is actually a step in the right direction to bring children to the joy of reading and dealing with books.

The reading bag initiative in Bad Homburg is not only a support project for the first graders, but also an invitation to the community to make a strong position for reading promotion and education. If you want to participate in the project or learn more about it, you are welcome to contact those responsible at the Friedrich Ebert School or the Lions Club.