SHARED READING IN CHILDHOOD: HEALTH AND KNOWLEDGE

Elena Bettinelli, docente di Sociologia dei processi culturali e comunicativi Università di Trieste

Marnie Campagnaro, docente di Letteratura per l'infanzia Università di Padova

Giorgio Tamburlini, pediatra e presidente del Centro per la Salute del Bambino onlus

Andrea Taddio, docente di Pediatria Università di Trieste

The extended time we spend nurturing our children is filled with content, interactions, and words. It is perhaps through these interactions that we invented language, storytelling, and the pursuit of knowledge. In the words exchanged with our children, we have cultivated the very essence of what it means to be human. This discussion will explore the "miracles of shared reading" for a child's development, the significance of storytelling and reading during childhood, and the relational importance of reading in early life. The session will be moderated by a pediatrician, underscoring that reading for children is both a matter of health and knowledge.