@help2read

help2read is a developmental organisation focusing on child literacy. We operate in the Western Cape and Gauteng, South Africa. Read today, lead tomorrow!

 Cape Town, South Africa
help2read.org/
Joined July 2010
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BookTrust
@Booktrust14 Aug 2023
We'd love to hear your tried-and-tested tips for getting children reading! 💡
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BookTrust
@Booktrust17 Jul 2023
It's #WorldEmojiDay... but can you guess what these classic children's books are? 1. 🐻 🍊 💼 2. 🐛 🍰 🍦 🧀 🍭 🍉 🦋 3. 👦 🍫 🏭 4. 🚂 👩 👩 👦 5. 🐅 ☕ 6. 😱 🔁 🏰 7. 🐑 🐖 8. 👦 🕛 🌳 🌷 🌲 9. 🕸️ 🐷 10. ❓ 🎓 🐉
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edutopia
@edutopia2 Jul 2023
Improving reading comprehension skills can improve vocabulary, and vice versa. "It is especially important to explicitly and directly teach these skills to our youngest students," educator @StratfordDianne writes. edutopia.org/article/4-ways-…

4 Ways to Teach Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension

Teaching these literacy strategies simultaneously can engage students in active processing, improving performance in both areas.

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Education nonprofit @help2read is placing the youth at the centre of their approach to South Africa’s reading crisis. dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
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Congratulations to @help2read one of the winners of the prestigious Impact and Change Award from Montessori Global Education! Help2read is a non-profit organization focused on literacy development and community strengthening through education and youth promotion
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Huge congratulations to all who entered this year's Montessori Global Education Awards!  We were inundated with outstanding applications; thank you to all of you. We are thrilled to announce the recipients of this year's prestigious awards.
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Replying to @MacGirl_ @carteblanchetv @clairemawisa
There are several reading intervention programmes run by NGOs, for one example, see @help2read. But we need a systemic intervention - a viable plan, with an accompanying budget - by the @DBE_SA at this juncture. #ReadingCrisis
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In the opening pages of this year’s Wish Tree story, we introduce to you a remarkable initiative called @help2read. A reading programme that focuses on literacy development.   We’re asking you to support this initiative by purchasing a book from our Christmas tree!
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The most effective strategy that students can apply during their reading is generating questions from the passage. #CriticalThinking #Questions @Read2Lead1 @ReadingGCD @help2read
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eNCA
@eNCA28 Apr 2020
The eMedia COVID-19 Relief Fund is increasing its support to a number of organisations. One of them is the Help to Read organisation. The organisation provides support to children who struggle to read with one-on-one attention. #Day33ofLockdown #LockdownEasedRegulations #DStv403
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FREE R-CONTROLLED CLIP CARDS: You’ll love these simple & FREE #rcontrolled clip cards if you’re looking for a simple way to practice those r-controlled vowel patterns! buff.ly/2pmNCNz
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"We believe very firmly that entrepreneurs can be made. In fact, everyone can – and should – be an entrepreneur" - Gary Schoeniger Learn more about how to create a generation of entrepreneurs in this article: bit.ly/RaisingEntrepreneurs
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We're at the beautiful offices of @magnacarta_rm today to chat all things communications, strategy and #NBWturns10. Will you be a part of the #ReadingRevolution? Hit the follow button if you haven't already or get left behind 😉 #readbecause . – at Sandton, South Africa
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Roseneath Primary School in Parktown just got donated 120 books from the Psychology Society of SA and @help2read. #OURSTORIES rosebankkillarneygazette.co.… #CaxtonCares
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Utterly tragic. What future do they have? @TheEconomist @bookdash @help2read
The Economist
@TheEconomist1 May 2019
Nearly 80% of South Africa’s 9- or 10-year-olds cannot read and understand sentences in any language econ.st/2ZJS7CY
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#LitearcyTips Let your voice reflect the tone of the story or the personalities of the characters. . . . . . #WLF #WorldLiteracy #TipOfTheDay #Literacy #RaisingReaders
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The kids of Silverlea Primary School have integrated the Breadline Africa Library Container into their school day. The school has created library schedules to allow learners to have reading sessions. #BreadlineAfrica #EnablingFutures @help2read #ReadMonth
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Today’s programme for the Human Rights Festival #standup4humanrights #humanrightsfestival #conhillhumanrightsfestival
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Replying to @Ongie_Nxoks @SABookFair @The_NECT @help2read @penreach @DBE_SA @EducationGP @ZenexF
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The Book Fest will feature book displays, discussions on issues that affect writers, workshops, dialogues and launches, with the aim of helping to support a strong writing culture. The Book Fair will contribute towards building a ... buff.ly/2JfIYhc #StandUp4HumanRights
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