18 July 2011 No Comments Email This Post

Do you read your children a book before sending them off to bed? You’re in good company, according to a recent Teleseker (TNS) poll for Sifriyat Pijama.

The survey questioned 500 Israelis on family reading patterns to determine whether, and how often, parents and children read together. Sifriyat Pijama, launched in 2009, works to improve literacy rates in Israel by giving books to local families for free.

A whopping 85 percent of respondents with children through age six said they read with their children two or three times a week. More than half the respondents said they read together daily or nearly every day.

“We are thrilled with the results of this poll, and inspired to carry on the Sifriyat Pijama mission of providing parents with quality books to read to their children,” said executive director Galina Vroman. ”Not only are we helping to build libraries in homes, this is also a vital channel of reinforcing a common legacy of Jewish heritage.”

Vronam also heads Keren Grinspoon Israel (Grinspoon Foundation Israel).

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Source: Ynetnews. Photo credit: Tim Pierce.

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