Great adventure.....in READING

Kai's school orgainsed this special event called Reading Adventure Night!



It was something which the whole family could participate together. In each group, there were about three to four families. We were supposed to look for the classroom where the reading adventure began. Once we have finished, we moved on to the next room until we have covered all the four rooms that were given to us.

The people who read the stories to us were parent volunteers and some even involved the whole family. In one room, we found a mother as the narrator, the father and two sons were the actors!

The most exciting part for the kids was the whole school was plunged into darkness. Yes, we have to make use of the flashlights which we have brought with us to help us locate the different rooms. It was really exciting and fun especially for Kai who is a lover of books and stroies. Ann is picking up very quickly this wonderful habit of her brother.

This event reminded me so much of the movie "Dead Poet Society". A great movie starred Robin Williams, one of the finest performances ever put up by him. I have kept the VCD and story book of this movie for my Kai and Ann to enjoy.

In this case, instead of photographs, check out the videos.








After the books, it's snack attack! I baked these M&Ms cookies for refreshments at the Reading Adventure Night.

This is the marvelous part about the American education system. Yes, in terms of academic progress, they may be lacking behind us but if you talk about a holistic education for the young minds, they far exceeded us. There are treasures in books, there are wisdom in books. Our system stressed too much on the acedemic field, parents are more interested in 'brain training', 'how to score As', holidays are about chasing after endless enrichment classes...and many parents are only home after 7pm.

Parents have to be home early, get to school by 6.30pm and sit through all the four story sessions with their kids. Will such an event work out in our schools?