mother reported her change in reading, and her eagerness to share Roaa’s daughter’s stories: She started to write and to love reading. At home, she tries to read everything written on the boxes of juice and cakes. In addition, she has started to join letters to each other. Her personality has changed; she becomes quieter than before as she seems to think more. She keeps asking about when is the time for reading a story. Sometimes, I have just returned from the school and want to get rest, and then she comes and asks me to tell her a story. Towards the end of the project, I asked Roaa, do you like to She answered, ‘What do?’ (moving to the Family love the Art Corner, and I love playing with my friend here ‘I Corner). Mosque I love the Library Corner. I love the Corner’. Reetal Reetal is four years and two months old. She lives with her parents and a younger sister. Her mother is a nurse who works in a hospital, her father is an interior designer. The average monthly income is £3000, which is considered middle-income family. family’s The parents made little effort to support reading before the project, as Reetal’s Reetal’s mother said: Once a week from my imagination. I usually look for any mistakes my daughter … made, and then I tell her a story about another girl in order to adjust her bad behaviour. Before the project, I observed Reetal for three weeks. Overall, in all observations Reetal spent time in the Art Corner, and she was also interested in reading stories in the Library Corner. She reported that: I love drawing very much. I like playing with my friends. I love reading stories. In addition, in one of the field notes: Reetal went to the Art Corner. She decorated the hand that was given to her. After that she went to the Family Corner to cut her She looked for two friend’s hair.
Roaa’s mother reported her daughter’s change in reading, and her eagerness to share stories: She started to write and to love reading. At home, she tries to read everything written on the boxes of juice and cakes. In addition, she has started to join letters to each other. Her personality has changed; she becomes quieter than before as she seems to think more. She keeps asking about when is the time for reading a story. Sometimes, I have just returned from the school and want to get rest, and then she comes and asks me to tell her a story. Towards the end of the project, I asked Roaa, ‘What do you like to do?’ She answered, ‘I love the Art Corner, and I love playing with my friend here (moving to the Family Corner). I love the Library Corner. I love the Mosque Corner’. Reetal Reetal is four years and two months old. She lives with her parents and a younger sister. Her mother is a nurse who works in a hospital, her father is an interior designer. The family’s average monthly income is £3000, which is considered middle-income family. The parents made little effort to support Reetal’s reading before the project, as Reetal’s mother said: Once a week … from my imagination. I usually look for any mistakes my daughter made, and then I tell her a story about another girl in order to adjust her bad behaviour. Before the project, I observed Reetal for three weeks. Overall, in all observations Reetal spent time in the Art Corner, and she was also interested in reading stories in the Library Corner. She reported that: I love drawing very much. I like playing with my friends. I love reading stories. In addition, in one of the field notes: Reetal went to the Art Corner. She decorated the hand that was given to her. After that she went to the Family Corner to cut her friend’s hair. She looked for two
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