Abstract
The research component of a 2003 storytent project documents the positive impact of the program on the frequency of reading in children's lives, on their own reading levels, and on their self-perceptions about reading and themselves as readers. What made this program successful was a method of delivery combining Choice Theory, humanistic learning principles and developmentally appropriate practice. Statements by children showing them to be surprised and delighted at their own emerging and growing skills appear in worker notes, and parent reports corroborate this appearance of positive self-perceptions in their children because of having had a reading success in a need satisfying environment. A fuller version of this study appeared as Brown, Cheryl and Wendell Dryden (2004). "Quality Storytents: Using Choice Theory to Support Reading Through a Community Literacy Project." International Journal of Reality Therapy 24(1), 3-12.
