Reading with Angels: The Love of Learning Mentoring Program to Improve Literacy among Children in Fo

What is it about?

The Pyjama Foundation has developed an innovative mentoring program called "Love of Learning" that aims to increase the literacy levels of children living in foster care. This study surveyed Love of Learning mentors (‘Pyjama Angels’) to assess their perceptions of the relationships they had developed with the children they mentored and of the children’s improvement in their literacy skills.

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Why is it important?

The results of the study suggest that mentors have positive perceptions of their relationships with the children and that they felt that a warm and positive mentoring relationship that engages a child through reading and educational play improves literacy skills for children in care. The implications of the results are discussed.