With the series “THE LECTURE DAY. University Professors Read for Kindergarten Kids” Since 2024, JGU´s Family Services Center has participated in the nationwide Reading Day. Professors from various institutes and departments of JGU switch from lecture to reading mode and read to children aged 5 and over in one of JGU’s lecture halls. With this “lecture,” we want to support both the cause of the nationwide Reading Day and reading itself, and take the opportunity to make children visible on campus and welcome them to the campus.
The nationwide Reading Day 2025 will take place on November 21, 2025 at 10:30 AM under the motto “Reading speaks your language!”. We invite all children aged 5 and over to our reading:
READING DAY. University professors read for daycare kids
Eric Carle: “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”
Our Book
Eric Carle: The Very Hungry Caterpillar (Gerstenberg-Verlag)
Even small caterpillars can be very hungry. That’s why the Very Hungry Caterpillar sets out to find something to eat – and succeeds. From Monday to Sunday, it eats its way page by page through a mountain of treats until it is finally full. Now is the time to build a cocoon, and after two weeks of waiting, a beautiful butterfly hatches from it.
Our University Professors
Our Kindergarten Kids
All children aged 5 and over are welcome. Unfortunately, registration is no longer possible.
Der bundesweite Vorlesetag findet jedes Jahr am dritten Freitag im November auf gemeinsame Initiative von der Stiftung Lesen, DIE ZEIT und der Deutschen Bahn Stiftung Deutschland statt. Mit dem Vorlesetag soll das Vorlesen als wichtiger Grundstein für Bildung und Zukunftschancen von Kindern ins Zentrum der öffentlichen Aufmerksamkeit gestellt werden. Auch in der “Öffentlichkeitswirksamsten Vorlesehauptstadt” Mainz finden alljährlich zahlreiche Lesungen für Kinder (und Erwachsene) statt.
