What is it about?
The Reading WELL (Wellbeing Everyday through Learning and Literature) is a home reading program for children aged 8 to 10 years that aimed to improve child wellbeing through parent’s shared reading and discussion using develop- mental bibliotherapy. Topics of body image, self-esteem and resilience were explored for opportunities of reading to learn, reading engagement and attain- ment of eudemonic wellbeing.
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Why is it important?
The outcomes illustrated the various elements how literature and reading impacts on a child’s reading engagement and includes discussion of a family’s cultural literacy, funds of knowledge and parent child relationships. It also indicates that children’s interaction with specially selected books can posi- tively impact their wellbeing, identity and self- development.
Perspectives
The open discourse allowed for further exploration, identification and self-reflection of the themes explored in the books. Through knowing their children intimately and being so closely attuned to their child’s strengths, needs and emotional challenges, the parents were able to directly support social and emotional development, identify strategies that support changes in behaviour, provide acknowledgment of strengths and positive use of language about self, and support future opportunities and emotional connections in real-life contexts
Dr Siobhan O'Brien
La Trobe University
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This page is a summary of: Becoming a Reader, December 2024, Brill,
DOI: 10.1163/9789004694774_001.
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