Reading…
It was the school Library Week and I have volunteered to be a guest reader for the kids. It was really great reading to the kids and you know something, kids loved to be read to. Reading by themselves is very different to have someone reading to them. Kai who is a reader and can easily read by himself, still enjoys having me reading to him.
I had six reading sessions altogether, ranging from grade 4 to grade 6. I started off at a grade 6 class. I chose two books to read. The Invisible Man by HG Wells and The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare. Oh yes, I even did a magic treat. You should have been there to look at the kids' expressions.
You want to know something? The kids were captivated by Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. They were very excited and wanted to find out if Shylock actually managed to cut off the pound of flesh. Don't think Shakespeare is boring and the kids won't like him. Just make sure you don't give them the original, unedited copy.
Do read to your kids, even though they may not enjoy reading but they surely enjoy having papa or mama reading to them. You really don't have to restrict yourself to just story books. It could be your child's favourite magazine, an interesting article, an advertisement, road signs….anything that has words. The thing is to make it interesting for them.
Kai has assigned me and insisted that I should read one of his books, Diana Wynne Jones' Howl's Moving Castle. Fine, that will be my next book after I am done with my Mr China...A WallStreet banker, an Englishman, an ex-Red Guard and $418,000,000 disappearing, day by day. By Tim Clissold
My two "dictionaries"
Kai : Mum, do sloths have tail?
Me : Erm…..(kids think mum has all the answers). Meimei, do sloths have tail?
Ann : Yes, a very small one
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Ann : Mum, 'alot' is one word or two words?
Me : Hmmmm….Kai, 'alot' is one word or two words?
Kai : One word. Many people make the mistake of thinking it is two words. Always spell it as alot and not a lot.
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There you have it, my two dictionaries. Ann has an almost complete knowledge of animals. She is just so into them. She has many books on animals and she reads them faithfully. Yes, you are so right that I go to her when I need to know anything about animals. Kai is like an online dictionary. You can hardly catch him with any word which he doesn't know. Even his school teachers and principal asked him for the meaning of words.
Kai : Mum, do sloths have tail?
Me : Erm…..(kids think mum has all the answers). Meimei, do sloths have tail?
Ann : Yes, a very small one
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Ann : Mum, 'alot' is one word or two words?
Me : Hmmmm….Kai, 'alot' is one word or two words?
Kai : One word. Many people make the mistake of thinking it is two words. Always spell it as alot and not a lot.
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There you have it, my two dictionaries. Ann has an almost complete knowledge of animals. She is just so into them. She has many books on animals and she reads them faithfully. Yes, you are so right that I go to her when I need to know anything about animals. Kai is like an online dictionary. You can hardly catch him with any word which he doesn't know. Even his school teachers and principal asked him for the meaning of words.
Book characters
It is the school library week and the students and teachers and principal were asked to dress up as one of the book characters.
Make a guess
Ann - Elizabeth Allen, The Naughtiest Girl by Enid Blyton . My personal favourite when I was much, much younger.
Kai – Jack Frost, The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, winner of the Carnegie Medal 2010.
It is the school library week and the students and teachers and principal were asked to dress up as one of the book characters.
Make a guess
Ann - Elizabeth Allen, The Naughtiest Girl by Enid Blyton . My personal favourite when I was much, much younger.
Kai – Jack Frost, The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, winner of the Carnegie Medal 2010.
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