Room to Read SA

Happy #TeachersDay2022. We appreciate the special role teachers play in society. #ThankYouTeacher

Libraries are an escape! A place where imagination comes alive. A space to catch your breath and be transported to another dimension. Libraries ignite the magic of reading! Happy National Library Week.

On this International Mother Language Day, Room to Read continues to encourage Mother Tongue education. We believe that Mother Tongue education helps a child develop their critical thinking and literacy skills, and gives one a sense of belonging in their culture & heritage.

Happy World Read-Aloud Day! Share your videos and pictures with us, as you read aloud with your families. #WorldReadAloudDay #RoomtoReadSA

Reading aloud has an immensely powerful impact on children's development. Thus, as we countdown to World Read-Aloud Day tomorrow, Room to Read invites you to select a book from our digital library, Literacy Cloud, to enjoy with your loved ones on World Read-Aloud Day.

The work of Room to Read continues to receive great recognition. We are proud to share that Literacy Cloud has been linked by organizations such as the Trevor Noah Foundation as important educational resources during COVID-19! literacycloud.org/stories?catego…

What was your favourite book to read as a child? Enjoy "A Bike for Mom" with your child from our YouTube read-alouds. youtube.com/watch?v=tEUdWx…

Books can be a pathway to comfort, escape, and adventure, especially during a global pandemic. Hence we continue to celebrate the role reading can play in fostering social and emotional well-being.

"The Suitcase" is a lovely story about a grieving boy with limited resources who learns to triumph through dance. That our protagonist, Lwazi, also lives with a certain condition goes unmentioned, empowering readers to draw their own lessons & conclusions: literacycloud.org/stories/2988-t…

Covid-19 continues to disrupt learning. That is why part of our work is creating engaging and challenging books. We create titles in local languages, depicting places and people not always reflected in developed-world publishing industries. roomtoread.org/the-latest/ima…

Take your child on a little adventure with Thabo and Thabiso in our first Sepedi decodable story published in the Limpopo Tribune.

We're excited to announce our new partnership with the Limpopo Tribune! You can now find our Sepedi decodable stories in the weekly paper. Mother-tongue education remains at the core of our mandate, thus this partnership allows us to continue providing quality reading material.

As we encourage the importance of reading to and with children, we'd like to remind you of a quote by Albert Einstein: "If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairytales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairytales."

October is Mental Health Awareness Month. According to Step Up for Mental Health, reading for as little as 6 minutes a day can improve your quality of sleep, reduce stress, & sharpen mental acuity. Has reading helped improve your mental health? Please share your stories with us.

Literacy Cloud allows for the magic of reading to take place anywhere, anytime. Connect with any device, and travel to a different world in an instant. literacycloud.org

If you need a 3-minute breather, let your child enjoy a read-aloud story by some of our volunteers via our YouTube channel. We have stories for both you and your child to enjoy together. Here is "Time to go, Bello!" read by Samantha Barry. youtube.com/watch?v=UhJs-D…

Read more on Ayanda's story here: roomtoread.org/the-latest/tur…

At age 8, Ayanda dreamed of being a pediatrician. She wanted to help children who struggled to read so they could become future leaders. Ayanda's school enjoys a fully-equipped library provided by Room to Read, which grew her enthusiasm toward books and reading.

On this International Day of the Girl Child, Room to Read is proud to be collaborating with the Good Night stories for Rebel Girls book series to profile young girls who are making a lasting impact in their communities. Read more about the book series here rebelgirls.com/products/good-…

We are excited by a new partnership we're finalizing with a leading news-breaker in Limpopo, that will publish our decodable stories in Sepedi. This partnership will allow us to continue providing quality reading material in our indigenous languages. Stay tuned for more on this.