Big Brother Mouse

8 April, 2015, Sapi 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 Michael Hulton, Horizon Foundation (United States). Thank you!

It's exciting to choose your very first book! Children here select between traditional fairy tales, an easy rhyming book with just a few words per page, and simple non-fiction books about trees and insects.

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