Shared reading has a significant impact on mood, concentration and social interaction. A Liverpool charity is running sessions in care homes
With lifted feet, hands still / I am poised, and down the hill / Dart, with heedful mind / The air goes by in a wind
Stephanie Brada reads the Henry Charles Beeching poem Going Down Hill on a Bicycle to a group of residents at a care home. They read along with her, some mouthing the words, others silently following the print-outs on their laps.
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It was like an electric current went around the room. One lady who'd been hunched over ... lifted her head and beamed
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