Big Brother Mouse

22 December, 2015, Huailek 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 Morteza Arbab Hesari and the people of the village itself. Thank you!

What do children think of the daily reading program? They've never had anything of the sort before. One teacher told us, "Students come to school early now, so they can have more time to read."

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