The project title: A Travel through the World of Books INTERVIEW GUIDE According to the activities in the project “A Travel through the World of Books “ financed by the European Commission, we intend to gather information regarding the parents ways of spending time with thei children, thei atitude towards reading and books, the methods that can motivate them to read books to their children. We also wish to be offered suggestions regarding the activities in which the parents want to get involved. . Please note that your opinions will not be forwarded to other people; they will be processed from a statistical point of view and used according to the objectives and activities of the above-mentioned project. I. Preferred leisure time activities, which actually take place in the family, the child’s participation in these activities 1. What do you usually do after worktime? ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………… 2. What do the other members of the family do? ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… …………….....................................................................................
3. What are the family activities which take place at weekends? …………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………… 4. What does your child do after he has returned from kindergarten? …………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………… 5. How many hours, on average, do you spend with your child on an ordinary day ? How many hours during weekends? ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……. 6. What activities do you encourage your child to practice in leisure time? A) Reading b) Sports c) Play outdoors d) Artistic activities e) Watch TV
II. Family’s atitude towards books and reading activities 1. Do you have a library a library at home? If yes, how many books do you have? a) 0-50 b) 50 – 100 c) 100 – 200 d) More than 200 2. What kind of books do you buy? …………………………………………………………………………………… 3. How much time a week do you read to your child? a) I don’t read to him/her b) Every night/day c) 2 – 3 days a week 4. What kind of books do you read to your child? a) fairy-tales b) poems c) stories about animals d) stories about civilised behaviour 5) What is your child’s atitude towards books/reading? ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………..
III. The actual methods of imvolvement in the kindergarten’s activities. The parents’ expressed wishes regarding other modalities of involvement in the educational process in the kindergarten.
1. Have you participated in any activity organized by the kindergarten? a. yes b. no (If yes, in which one?) ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… … 2. Do you intend to participate more in the future? …………………………………………………………………. 3. How many hours could you allocate to some activities in the kindergarten? a. 0-2 hours b. 2-4 hours c. More than 4 hours 4. What personal resources could you offer to the kindergarten? a. volunteer work in various fields (which ? …………………………………………………………………………) b. money c. relations with other people / institutions which can help the kindergarten (what kind? ……………………………………………………………………………….. ……………………………………………………………………………………… ) d. others VI. Expectations, proposals 1. Can you propose any reading activity to be done at the kindergarten together with parents and children? ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ………………
2. Do you think having a reading corner at the school would be useful? Would you use it? ……………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………. 3. Will you personally participate in the reading activities? ……………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………. Pre-school teacher : ……………………………………………………………….…. Class: ……………………………………………………………………………. …….. Kindergarten: ……………………………………………………………………………..