Read with MEE

Celebrating progress! 🎉

Our colleagues in Fryslân hosted a local celebration of the progress made during the Read with MEE project over the past two and a half years. In one of the schools that participated in the project, representatives from schools, daycares, libraries and other organisations came together.

📚With the focus on early multilingual reading, Prof. Joana Duarte spoke about the importance and examples of collaborations with parents and caregivers.

🌟 Frisian children's book ambassador Linda de Haan spoke about the importance of quality texts and books in the regional language Frisian.

Different products and initiatives that were developed in the region (both within and outside of the project) were shared and discussed with each other, but there was also time get to know each other and exchange thoughts about the project's topic. It was a successful afternoon which has hopefully laid a foundation for future collaboration and exchange within the region!

NHL Stenden Fryske Akademy Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning Frans Hiddink Laura Nap Doaa AH Meertaligheid & Geletterdheid

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⭐️ Good news! Our Read with MEE Handbook-INC is now available in Basque, Frisian and Dutch!

🙌 Presenting key findings on multiliteracies in Early Childhood Education and Care, our handbook is presented in plain language, shares new ideas from the research, and suggests actions to take in classrooms and at home.

🧭 www.readwithmee.eu

🤩Just launched! Check out our new interactive reading game at our project website www.readwithmee.eu 🥳

Promoting the power of story-book reading, and the importance of adult/child interaction in the reading process, this simple but powerful digital reading game will pull children into a world of fun and discovery.

The Read with MEE game about Spike and Snail offers a shared reading experience in 10 languages and promotes interaction between children and adults as they explore the story together.

Created by the Read with MEE team representing NHL Stenden and 8D Games in Fryslân, TCD School of Linguistic, Speech and Communication Sciences in Ireland, and the University of the Basque Country.

The power of reading amplifies everything! How great to read about this really special graduation ceremony in a Dublin bookshop 👏

Today we have a graduation ceremony in the bookshop, which is obviously the correct place to graduate from!

We were delighted to welcome the Trinity Access Programme back to Chapters for a very special celebration with 6th class students and their TY mentors from Drimnagh Castle Primary, Drimnagh Castle Secondary, Blakestown Community School and Scoil Mhuire Senior.

The programme brings TY students into primary schools to use reading, books and literacy to support 6th class students as they get ready for the great emotional obstacle course that is moving to secondary school.

Today, they came to Chapters for a mini graduation ceremony, a tour of the shop, goody bags and a brilliant “how to choose your book” workshop with Becky Long from Children’s Books Ireland.

Basically: certificates, shelves, recommendations, young readers, older mentors and only a small number of adults pretending not to get emotional.

This is exactly the sort of thing we love. A bookshop should not just be a place where books are sold. It should be a place where readers are made, encouraged, welcomed and occasionally let loose with a discount.

Huge congratulations to all the students and mentors, and thank you to Trinity Access Programme, Children’s Books Ireland and the brilliant schools involved.

Come back any time. Preferably with book opinions. We love book opinions.

Trinity Access Programmes

Join us for our next webinar launching the new Read with MEE interactive reading game! Zoom link below, please register in advance. It will feature contributions from team members from 8D Games, NHL Stenden and the University of the Basque Country.

https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_lfvlsG5rTiCoCHdWIGRZhQ

Get to our our team member Doaa Abdul Hussain! Doaa is one of the author of our Handbook-INC, and an experienced practitioner, teacher trainer and lecturer NHL Stenden, especially in the field of multilingualism in the early years.

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We stellen onze collega’s graag aan jullie voor!

Deze keer is het de b***t Doaa Abdul Hussain, docent-onderzoeker.
Dit zijn 3 weetjes over Doaa!

Link naar de Nacht van de Vluchteling: https://www.nachtvandevluchteling.nl/fundraisers/doaa-abdul-hussain

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⭐️ Celebrating International Children’s Book Day 2026! ⭐️

Did you know that this special day marks the birthday of Hans Christian Andersen? It is marked to inspire a love of reading and to share a message with the children of the world. This year’s beautiful image is by Sandra Elephteriou, around the theme ‘Plant stories and the world will bloom’. 🌳🌻📚

📘 This is a great day for our project to spotlight our newly published “Handbook-INC: Inclusive Multiliteracy Development for All”, a free online publication which presents key research findings on reading and literacy in the early years, with lots of suggestions for early years classrooms and the home.

✅ Free download here! https://www.readwithmee.eu/handbook-inc/

Read with MEE (Multilingual Early Education) is a 3-year Erasmus+ KA2 Cooperation Partnerships in School Education project co-funded by the European Union.

Mother Tongues Marino Institute of Education Fryske Akademy Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning Meertaligheid & Geletterdheid Erasmus+

🎥 Our ECEC Handbook-INC launch video has arrived!

We’re excited to share the recording introducing our new Handbook-INC: Inclusive Multiliteracy Development for All.

This is a go-to guide for supporting multilingual read-aloud practices in early learning settings and at home.

The Read with MEE handbook:
✨ Translates key research into plain language
✨ Shares fresh insights on multilingualism and literacy
✨ Offers practical strategies for classrooms and families

You can explore topics like:
📚 How children learn and use multiple languages
🌍 Inclusive multilingual practices (including translanguaging)
🖍️ Early literacy development in diverse classrooms
🤝 Professional development for ECEC staff

Download the English version now, and stay tuned for Basque, Dutch, Frisian, Irish, and Spanish editions coming soon!

Closed captions available.

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