Reading projects of “Zeit Punkt Lesen“
Ready, steady, read: A reading jigsaw puzzle in Lower Austria
http: / / www.zeitpunktlesen.at / de / achtung.php‘Ready, steady, read!’ (Achtung, Fertig, Lies) is a giant round jigsaw puzzle that was developed for primary schools, in cooperation with the Lower Austria school board. It provides pupils of different school year groups with a playful access to reading. When supported by third and fourth grade pupils, the puzzle can also be enjoyed by younger children. Many primary school teachers made their suggestions for designing the puzzle. Throughout the game, the children are occupied with five topics in five [ ... ]
DetailsLeo’s reader passport event for primary schools in Lower Austria
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The initiative “Zeit Punkt Lesen“ (Time To Read) is inviting children and adults to read together by the “Leo’s reader passport event“. Keen readers will be awarded with certificates and prizes. Ideally, each child will chose a grown-up reading partner and all of the books they have read together will be recorded in the reading passport. The children will be [ ... ]
Leo`s reading maze - promoting reading in Lower Austria
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Leo’s reading maze, which was cooperatively developed by the “Zeit Punkt Lesen” initiative and the Austrian youth book club, has toured schools in Lower Austria since 2006. The read-and play-course has meanwhile reached out to more than 50,000 pupils. Leo the rabbit has created chaos in his library and he now needs the assistance of the children, who [ ... ]
The read-and-play course “Leo’s treasure hunt” in Lower Austria
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Following the immense success of Leo the read-and-play maze, the treasure hunt was developed as a follow-up course inviting children aged 6-10 years to join Leo the rabbit and Philip the mouse in delving into the world of letters. One day, Leo and Philip find a sheet of paper stating that a treasure can be found in Lower Austria! They immediately set out [ ... ]
Reading festival of the “Zeit Punkt Lesen” initiative in Lower Austria
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In the 2008 reading festival, the Lower Austrian initiative “Zeit Punkt Lesen“ focused on a creative encounter with reading and letters. Even prior to the actual event, pedestrians in the shopping area of Krems were invited to a “ soup of letters” and “word donations“ and given badges printed with endangered dialectal expressions. At the reading festival itself, [ ... ]
Bloomers and word salad – reading promotion at a gardening fair in Lower Austria
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Under the motto of how language and plants are intertwined, the Lower Austrian initiative “Zeit Punkt Lesen” presented itself at the gardening fair in Tulln. The floor and walls were decorated with idioms from nature at the “Zeit Punkt Lesen“-stall and they inspired the smaller and grown-up visitors to let their imagination “blossom“: They used letter magnets and [ ... ]
“Leo reads“ - children`s play acting as a motivation for reading
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The “Zeit Punkt Lesen“ initiative supports this educational children`s musical on the topic of reading, which is based on the book by the Lower Austrian children`s writer Rena Schandl, offering insights into the history of Lower Austria. Paul Sieberer and his team have translated it into scenes with great sense of humour: Leo is a young rabbit. He is happy with his [ ... ]
“Adventures in the attic“: musical theatre in Lower Austria
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The new musical play by the initiative “Zeit Punkt Lesen“, “Adventures in the Attic“, once again inspires children to read and to discover how reading can provide an incentive to their own imagination. The play moreover intends to motivate children to become creative themselves. Reading, writing, drawing and acting - all of these activities can enrich [ ... ]
See also: Promoting Reading in Austria