We're partnering with Book Dash to give every child in Tanzania 100 books by age five, fostering early literacy and parent-child bonds.

 

 

Tips for reading with young children

Why Should you read with your child?

  • Reading is a wonderful tool to help
    your young child's brain develop and
    get ready for school.
  • Reading helps your child build strong relationships with you and their friends.
  • Children who often read books with their parents perform well at school.
  • Regular bedtime routine, including
    reading a book, helps children sleep better

How do you read with your child?

  • You don’t have to be a good reader to
    read with your child - just do it!
  • Choose the same time each day to read with your child (e.g. bedtime).
  • Make it fun: use different voices and get your child to participate.
  • Let your child be the leader, and you
    follow: talk about the pictures that interest your child and ask questions.
  • It's never too early to start reading with a
    child, so you can read with your baby too.

With the support from Theirworld a UK Charity, In 2025, we're distributing 30,000 children's books to 10,000 families in Mwanza and Mara to boost literacy, reading habits, and parent-child bonding.

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These books originally published by Book Dash under Creative Commons Licensed BY 4.0. This book can be read for free on www.bookdash.org

Tanzania Early Childhood Education and Care (TECEC)

Headquarters Office

Nyahingi-Mkolani
Opp. St. Clare Hospital
Mwanza-Tanzania

+255 757 755 228

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