Page 50 - Reading Nest - The Supportive Literacy Environment Handbook

As for books and other materials it is important to vary and circulate them, they change and

alternate hand in hand with learning topics, diversity of texts and printed materials attracts
children to the nest - to study new fascinating books, cards etc. A reading nest could also have

some dear old picture and fairy tale books, which are always available, but certainly fiction,

popular scientific and research texts should also be available.
Craft and writing tools and games should also be re-circulated every now and then. It helps to

make the nest more attractive, prevents cluttering and ensures a cosy and tidy environment.

Kadrina Kooli 4B lugemispesa laual ootab kosmoseteemaline raamatuvalik. Foto õpetaja Evelin.

Where a classroom is organised in centres, each of them could have materials which inspire the

use of reading and writing skills, for example signs, paper, pencils, headlines, logos, magazines,
books, a board and chalks, child-originated texts, posters and other textual materials. Similarly,

each centre should have books related to the theme, books are also changed according to

(project) topic, for example the creative games centre has a hairdressing magazine to play a hair
salon, a recipe book is found in the cooking centre, books on architecture in the building centre,

a digital reading pen and a nature game and a globe in the nature centre, and so on.
Texts, materials, games of all centres should be linked to an overall project topic. For example,

a part of the group or classroom may become a doctor’s surgery, space station or an art

exhibition for a while, naturally with appropriate textual material, a surgery could have medical
books on anatomy, 3D models of various organ systems, prescriptions, printed materials on

illnesses and hygiene etc.