Yokohama-shi child book-reading activity promotion plan

In formulating the Yokohama City Children's Reading Activity Promotion Plan

Encountering a book can change the person's life.

Reading not only gives new knowledge and information, but also stimulates the imagination of unknown worlds and things and evokes fresh excitement.

In addition, reading fosters thinking and expression through words, and cultivates rich sensibility, creativity, and the basics of communication skills.

Reading is one of the important means that human beings develop the power to live more lively and like human beings.

With the children's "reading away" and "printing away", the Board of Education hopes that creating more opportunities to meet books will be a source of children's rich hearts and the ability to live. Has devised the "Yokohama City Children's Reading Activity Promotion Plan".

This plan shows the creation of an environment where children in Yokohama can seize every opportunity and place and acquire the habit of getting acquainted with reading independently, as well as the contents of the necessary support for that purpose, It clarifies concrete measures for effective implementation.

In particular, we focus on "revitalization of school libraries" and "cooperation with related organizations such as the City Library," and describe them in line with the stage of development from childhood.

This plan is meaningful for all citizens who wish for healthy growth of children in schools, homes, and communities, as well as those who are involved in children's reading activities on a daily basis and those who are called reading volunteers. I hope it will be.

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Yokohama-shi child book-reading activity promotion plan (summary) (PDF: 161KB)

Purpose of Chapter 1 Yokohama-shi child book-reading activity promotion plan development (PDF: 185KB)
1 What is reading activity for children (PDF: 185KB)
2 Outline of Yokohama-shi child book-reading activity promotion plan (PDF: 185KB)

Chapter 2 Current Status of Children's Reading Activities in Yokohama (PDF: 442KB)
1 Current status of children's reading activities in the national survey (PDF: 442KB)
2 Current status of reading activities for children in Yokohama (PDF: 442KB)
3 Current status of local reading environment (PDF: 442KB)

Chapter 3 Challenges for Promoting Children's Reading Activities in Yokohama (PDF: 356KB)
Target of 1 child book-reading activity promotion (PDF: 356KB)
2 Specific issues for promoting reading activities (PDF: 356KB)
3 Issues by promotion entities (PDF: 356KB)

Chapter 4 Specific measures for promoting children's book-reading activities (PDF: 735KB)
Promotion of reading activities according to the stage of development of 1 child (PDF: 735KB)
(1)Promotion of reading activities during infancy (kindergartens, nursery schools, etc.) (PDF: 735KB)
(2)Promotion of reading activities in elementary and junior high schools (PDF: 735KB)
(3)Promotion of reading activities in high school (PDF: 735KB)
(4)Promotion of reading activities at blind, deaf and nursing schools (PDF: 735KB)
Promotion of reading activities in 2 libraries, homes, and communities (PDF: 735KB)
(1)Promotion of reading activities in libraries (PDF: 735KB)
(2)Promotion of reading activities at home (PDF: 735KB)
(3)Promotion of reading activities in the area (PDF: 735KB)

Main opinions of materials and experts (summary) (PDF: 228KB)
・Law about promotion of reading activity of child (PDF: 92KB)
・Basic plan of country (summary) (PDF: 115KB)
・Kanagawa Prefecture Promotion Plan (Excerpt) (PDF: 186KB)

"Yokohama-shi child book-reading activity promotion plan" development progress (PDF: 55KB)

"Yokohama-shi child book-reading activity promotion plan" development committee list (as of December, 2005) (PDF: 63KB)