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Laurent REBOURS
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Dec 26 2024 at 5:16 p.m.
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“The Little Reading Champions are driving the counters crazy” communicate its promoters. It must be said that in fact this reading aloud game intended for 8-11 ans recorded for this year some 7909 classes registered compared to 5770 last year on a national scale.
For Center-Val de Loire, 229 classes are in the running, an increase of +25%.
205,634 CM1-CM2 students from all over France
The thirteenth edition of Little Reading Champions is off to a flying start with the participation of 205,634 CM1 and CM2 students across France… and even the whole world since 665 classes from French establishments abroad will also be there.
What if the Little Champions were on the verge of becoming a unmissable milestone learning to read before entering college? With a 37% increase in registrations in one year, “the great game of reading aloud appears in any case more and more essential and popular” rejoice the organizers. 98% of teachers notice progress in reading among their students following their participation in the game.
Little champions for twelve years
Created in 2012, the association Les Petits champions de la lecture aims to develop a taste for reading in 8/11 year olds by organizing a major reading aloud game.
Placed under the patronage of the Ministry of National Education and that of the Ministry of Culture, chaired by Antoine Gallimard, the game Les Petits champions de la lecture is sponsored by Clémentine Beauvais, children’s author, translator and teacher-researcher at the University of York, England.
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A goal largely exceeded
We had set ourselves a target of 6,400 registered classes. It is well exceeded with more than 7,900 classes involved in the operation this year! This reflects an incredible enthusiasm among teachers for reading aloud, which is increasingly identified as an effective lever for getting children hooked on reading.
This 13th edition is also marked by the opening of the game internationally. Schools from 70 countries are embarking on the adventure. “The Little Champions of Reading is a project that now spans the entire globe, from Morocco to Lebanon via the United States, Laos, Burkina Faso, without forgetting all the countries of Europe! » adds, enthusiastically, Magali Fourmaintraux.
Registrations now closed, time for beautiful words, beautiful stories, good intonations and collective adventure! All classes now have until January 28, 2025 to elect and declare their little champion. Then take off for the departmental and then regional finals and the Grand Final at the Comédie Française June 25.
Little champions in Centre-Val de Loire
With 229 classes participating this year, the Centre-Val de Loire region recorded a 25% increase in its registrations compared to last year. Enough to promise great departmental finals in February/March and a superb regional final April 23.
Count of participating classes by department:
- Cher : 27
- Eure-et-Loir: 17
- Inside: 25
- Indre-et-Loire: 65
- Loiret: 61
- Loir-et-Cher: 34.
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