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11 January, 2018, Nakankhamnoung 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. 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 the people of the village itself, United World College South East Asia (Singapore), and Tatsumi Elementary School in Tokyo, Japan (care of Ben Schwartz and Miki Schwartz). Thank you!

Our "I Can Read" series lets students move at their own pace, learning one or two letters, then getting practice with them before they learn more. As a letter is introduced, four pictures show words that use that sound. That makes it easy for students to refer back, if they forget a letter.

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