Literacy is a basic competency for learning in all disciplines and school subjects. One of the European Education Area strategic framework targets is that by 2030, less than 15 % of 15-year-olds will be low-achievers in reading. In this article, you can find some examples of Erasmus+ projects that used creative practices and cross-cultural exchanges to promote reading among children of all ages.  

Listen, talk, spell, act

Love for reading should be nurtured from an early age. The LTSA project helped preschool teachers from five countries implement new methods of early reading into their daily work.

Myths and legends

Children naturally love good stories. Therefore, another project used myths and legends to help children develop their interest in reading while also learning about cultural heritage. Six primary schools reproduced myths or legends in their chosen format such as comics or interactive books. 

Read with us

Within the project, pupils and teachers from five high schools across Europe talked about their favourite books, authors, and book characters, wrote a novel together, and much more. 

Grab a book

Reading can also be linked to boosting creativity and intercultural exchanges. Pupils from secondary schools in Czechia and England discovered this while reading English books within this project. The pupils participated in discussions, projects, and drama performances.

Day of European Authors

This initiative will take place on 27 March 2023, and then annually, to have a specific day that promotes reading among young people.

More initiatives promoting reading: 

• Reading without borders
• Fairy tales, Fiction, Friendship
• The Living Book - Augmenting reading for life
• Let's support and develop reading literacy in English
• Let’s learn to read, Let’s read to learn