literacy is a foundation of life
If you can already read, it may be harder to empathise with the challenges faced in life by those who cannot.
Being able to read and write helps people take part in everyday life. When someone struggles with reading, it can cause problems that affect their whole life — and even their children’s lives too.
We want to make reading and writing better for kids, their families, and everyone in Tasmania.
Programs like Rosie’s Reading and Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library are really important.
22%
is the number of Australian children starting school developmentally vulnerable.
36%
of parents of children aged under 1 think that it is too young to read with. We need to change that thinking.
over 2 hours
is the average daily screen time for 4-5 year old kids and is linked to slower learning. We need to balance this with books.