* A pioneering scheme to help young children to learn to read using the radio is to be introduced next month by the children's radio station AbracaDABra! The digital station is to begin regular shared reading sessions based on stories such as 'The Three Little Pigs' and 'The Gingerbread Man'.
* A pioneering scheme to help young children to learn to read using the radio is to be introduced next month by the children's radio station AbracaDABra!
The digital station is to begin regular shared reading sessions based on stories such as 'The Three Little Pigs' and 'The Gingerbread Man'.
Accompanying picture books published by Oxford University Press will be distributed to participating nurseries, Sure Start centres, children's libraries and homes.
The stories will be read by Susan Stranks, a former presenter of the ITV's 1970s programme 'Magpie' and former director of AbracaDABra!.
AbracaDABra broadcasts on DAB on the DRg multiplex from 6am to 7pm in greater London. It can also be heard on the Internet at www.uk-dab.info/abracadabra/welcome.html.
