Sunday, January 23, 2011

Books to Kids

This primary school is unusual in that it has a mini collection of library books. But they were not being circulated. Being the book lover that I am, this was a painful thought. So I put my hand to the plow and with a couple of good helpers have gotten a library project underway. They are categorizing and labeling the books and we've gotten library cards made for the kids. Once we started, 20 more boxes of books materialized from the storeroom. What you see in this picture is the white lady reading a library book to one of the classes in the hopes that students and teachers will get turned on to reading. It's also an excuse to wheedle my way into interaction with these great kids. Really fun, although the American accent is hard for them to understand. I'll have to brush up on my E. African accent while I'm here. The was one I brought to use with my lesson....it's the only one that I've seen in the school. Tim and Jenna have a plan now to get a map into every class in this school.