Brie and Books
Am grateful for Brie’s school’s literacy programme where all students need to read a book during a given period.
They are asked to read a book “outside of school hours”, too.
For Primary School students like Brie, each week she needs to submit a “signed report” where her parent would need to ask questions related to the books she reads (before signing the report).
Questions like:
– Who are the main characters in the book?
– In what ways can you relate what happens in the book to something that happens in real life?
– Who is your favourite character? Why is he/she your favourite?
– Do any of the characters remind you of people in real life? Which ones?
– Which part of the story that you don’t really like? Why?
– Did the ending of the book match your expectation?
Personally, other than giving parents and children opportunities to chat, I think such questions also encourage the kids to think about the books they have read and speak about them.
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Praying for a better generation that reads, thinks, observes, analyses, shares, empathises, and leads with love and compassion.
