I'm about to start my rhetoric again.
The benefits of Kidsread.
The period is here for recruitment of new volunteers. To date, over 30 people have responded to my appeal on the student portal for volunteers and I'm truly heartened. Only about 10 peeps responded last year. So this year, there's a chance for a 3rd group of children.
Singaporeans/people in general are 贱. I say this because they don't like free things, or they are suspicious of it. As such, volunteers' participation aside, parental support is another problem. We will need to have them understand the importance of English in education. And to acquire the language, the most basic skill is to be able to read and ENJOY reading. So, yes. That's our aim. To promote the interest of reading by being interesting readers, creating the safe environment for them to enjoy and play and interact in English.
It seems that I'd done some complaining up there, but I'm stating them as facts that I see. The truth is, the children and volunteers all had much fun last year. I can see from the faces every session that they enjoyed coming to read to children, look forward to come for their little child. We see it as a temporary escape from work and a chance for the child inside us to emerge. This is an opportunity that is really rare. And you get the chance to praise the children, tell them they are good, keep it up, and they really become more into the task you'd set them. Everybody enjoyed thoroughly. And everybody gets something out of it.
So I hope the program will go on and on. I hope volunteers will come again and again. I hope parents will also begin to read to their children by and by.
Btw, WRL will start from 28 Feb, Wednesdays 745-845pm; JRL from 20 Apr, Fridays 730-830pm. Let me know your interest!
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hey! interesting programme eh! anyone can apply one ah? cant help out with this currently though.. :( im involved in another volunteer thingy.... but have fun! hope it gains more popularity as time goes!
You can come on and off, as and when you can, Angeline. It's more of a "Kids say the darndest things" session. Fun!
eh... jus noticed... what's wrl and jrl? where's the wed session held ah? if my deadlines arent killing me then i dont mind going to see see, k-po k-po...
wrl= woodlands regional library, jrl= jurong regional library. 1 at woodlands civic center, the other at jurong east. wed session is at wrl, 745-845, but volunteer should come ard 730.
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