Big Brother Mouse

9 April, 2014, Borluang Village, Xayaboury Province, Laos

Launching a Reading Program: For our reading program, we give enough books to each classroom in the school so that children can read every day. Often called "Sustained Silent Reading", this approach develops reading skills, a love of reading, and a habit of reading. We launch the program with a book party, show here. For one full morning or afternoon, our team reads aloud, talks about books, leads outdoor games, and teaches songs about books and reading. At the end, every child gets to choose a book of their own, in addition to the books we leave in the classrooms.

This event was sponsored by Ulf, Johanna, Eva, Lars, Helena, Katarina with colleagues, Nike, Oskar and Bea (Sweden). Thank you!

Not long ago, many children would have worn traditional clothing like this in school. Enormous time, and pride, went into each item. Now, cheap imports from China are more common, but not for these children in a Hmong village.

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