The Literacy Project #TM

a couple of years apart, Sophie and Davide, our friends' kids, potty-reading before leaving for kindergarten...la distanta de cativa ani, Sophie si Davide, copii prietenilor nostri, citind pe oliță, inainte de a pleca la gradinita...

w h a t ~ I ~ s e e : space and time for reading, creating opportunities, resources for literacy, kids immitating adults, importance of models, role of what adults do in front of children, books as toys, books as spare time, fostering literacy practices

c e ~ v a d ~ e u : timp si spatiu pentru citit, construirea oportunitatilor, resurse pentru alfabetism, copiii imitandu-i pe adulti, importanta modelelor, importanta a ceea ce fac adultii in vazul copiilor, cartile ca si jucarii, cartile ca si alternativa pentru timpul liber, sămânța practicilor de alfabetism

once a reader, always a reader!
odata ce ai ajungi sa iubesti sa citesti, vei citi totdeauna!

you rock, Camelia and Bogdan!
Camelia si Bogdan, sunteti grozavi!

putting books in people's hands...in teenager's and children's hands, especially seems like a small step, but it isn't!

să pui cărți in mâinile oamenilor, a copiilor si adolescenților in special, pare un pas mărunt, dar nu e!

Barbershop Books places books in boys' hands Barbershop Books places culturally relevant books in predominantly African-American barbershops to get more young black boys to start reading.

Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi
...two names that mean fight for education of the excluded and empowering the young, the un-educated, the poor..may their recognition through the Nobel Prize be a confirmation that what all of you are doing is changing lives and changing the world ...may it be an incentive for you to go on when you feel you do not have power, energy or resources

Malala shares Nobel Peace Prize Pakistani child education activist Malala Yousafzai and Indian child rights campaigner Kailash Satyarthi win the Nobel Peace Prize.