Día de la Lectura (Reading Day)

The human book!

Last Friday was Día de la Lectura, or Reading Day at the parish afterschool program. Reading isn't much of a thing here, partly because there aren't lots of books, and partly because so many adults don't know how to read and so can't even develop the habit to pass on to their children.

Being the librarian, Erin had to plan a lot of it. I only caught of bit of it after eating my lunch, but it was going well when I saw it. There was music playing through a speaker and plenty of kids visiting the various stations. At one table I read books that the kids had written - my favorite was about 3 trees who played soccer by the river. At another table kids were encouraged to make their own stories. You can see Erin listening to a story the boy made based off the picture he got when he threw the story cube. There were also signs hanging that extolled the virtues of reading. The cutest part of the whole thing was the little boy walking around in a book costume! I think the hat really completes the outfit.

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Knowledge occupies no space.

Travel to a world full of imagination by opening and closing pages.
Read, always read.

A child that reads will be an adult that thinks. 

Erin listening to a child's story from the story cube.