Big Brother Mouse

6 January, 2010, Huailoungtherng Village, Luang Prabang Province, Laos

Book party: At book parties we read from books, play games, and sing songs. At the end of each book party, every student gets to choose a book, usually the first book they've ever owned. Then we give more to the school. Our book parties have two goals. First, we get children excited about books. (Previously, most of them had seen textbooks, but never a book they were eager to read.) Second, we observe closely, to see what books are most avidly read, what's needed, and what techniques help spread a love of reading.

This event was sponsored by Melinda Yee. Thank you!

Students are learning a song written by the book party team. Each song has a set of hand motions to accompany it. Months after a book party, we'll sometimes show up in a village and children spontaneously start singing the song they learned at the Big Brother Mouse book party.

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