Big Brother Mouse

12 January, 2016, Li Village, Luang Prabang 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. Then, beginning in 2015, we do more follow-up visits with the school to be sure the program is set up successfully.

This event was sponsored by Hopetown School (Australia) and the Cubit Family (Australia). Thank you!

We always read a story aloud during a book party. Reading aloud is a new concept here and it's very popular. Here, children listen to a Lao fairy tale from one of our collections.

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