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30 November, 2011, Kanghang Village, Xayaboury 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 Kirstie Monson (Australia). Thank you!

In the past, we photocopied pictures to color and other activities, which we took to book parties. Thanks to the support of Planet Wheeler, we'll soon have a 16-page activity book for each child at a book party.

Here, we're testing some pages, to be sure we've got activities suitable for each age group.

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