Third Session: Book Reading in the Community: Multi-Cultural and Multi-Lingual
Environments (Part I)
Chair: Prof. Margalit Ziv, Al-Qasemi Academic College of Education
Mother-Child Interaction of a Picture Book and
Folktale in the Ethiopian Community in Israel
Ms. Ya’ara Sokolovsky, Tel Aviv University
Promoting Social Understanding via Book Reading
Ms. Mabsam Chalila, Tel Aviv University
Ms. Mona Dwairy, Tel Aviv University
Projects and Good Practices Promoting Reading in
Multicultural and Multilingual Environments
Prof. Nektarios Stellakis, University of Patras and OMEP
(World Organization for Early Childhood)
The seminar will focus on strategies and methods for enhancing and
encouraging reading with pre-school children in different settings
among minority groups and disadvantaged communities. Focusing on the
potential of reading to promote children’s wellbeing and
scholastic achievements, the seminar will contribute to promoting
the quality of early childhood education in diverse,
multi-cultural societies. Participants in the seminar are invited
to share experiences, discuss strategies to encourage reading with
pre-school children, and explore steps for future collaboration.
The seminar will take place at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute