Foyle SDLP MP Mark Durkan supporting the “Reading Together Changes Lives” campaign with Viv Bird, chief executive of “booktrust.”
Parents and carers of young children in Derry and throughout the North are being encouraged to read regularly to their children.
Foyle SDLP MP Mark Durkan said the more children were read to the “better they do.”
Mr Durkan was speaking after lending his support to “booktrust’s” “Reading Together Changes Lives” campaign.
“booktrust” gifts books to every baby and young child in Britain and seeks to motivate parents to read to their children.
Mr Durkan said: “Reading to children is fun and it gives them a better start in life by helping their language, wellbeing, confidence and concentration. All the evidence is that the more they are read to, the better they do.”
Viv Bird, chief executive of Booktrust, said: “We really appreciate Mark Durkan’s support. Whatever their background, we know that children who are read to regularly at age five do better in vocabulary, spelling and maths at age 16. Even if you’re not a great reader, you can still help your child by telling the stories using the pictures and talking to them about what you see.”
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