IVY MI KINDERGARTEN
Let’s READ in Ivy Schools on
World Book and Copyright Day
By Ivy MI Kindergarten Three Thousand Castles Campus (Chengdu)
S
hakespeare once said: “A life without books is
like a life without sunlight; wisdom without books
is like a wingless bird.” How long has it been since
you read a book with your children last time? where children and parents could visit and do some
reading, building a bridge of communication between
children and books, parents, kindergartens and the
broader society.
This year marks the 23rd World Book and Copyright
Day for children all over the world. In 1995, UNESCO
announced to set April 23 every year as the “World Book
and Copyright Day” to thank masters of culture, science
and thoughts for their great contributions to the human
civilization and encourage more people to do more
reading and writing. On April 14, we carried out a special sharing session on
reading in the Yanjiyou Bookstore in CapitaLand Tianfu.
Many families came, and we invited Teacher Yu Lichun
to have a lecture called “Reading and Companion” for
Ivy Schools in Chengdu. We also organized children and
parents to visit and do some reading in the Yanjiyou
Bookstore. At that time, teachers led children to do
reading games while parents sat down and listened to
the lecture. The pleasant reading atmosphere bound
parents, children, teachers and books together.
Before this year’s World Book and Copyright Day, Ivy
MI Kindergarten Three Thousand Castles Campus, Ivy MI
Kindergarten First City Campus and Ivy MI Kindergarten
Longteng Campus in Chengdu carried out a 21-day
online parent-child reading and check-in campaign
with Xfanread, to help children develop a positive
habit of reading, and to add an academic atmosphere
to Ivy Schools, families and the broader society. They
encouraged teachers or children to share a good book
every day and visit the library. In addition, teachers and
children were encouraged to share stories and picture
books with one another, or to exhibit the photos that
parents and children read books on the topic walls or
display boards, to create the reading atmosphere of the
entire campus. By doing so, children could spend some
time enjoying and experiencing the pleasure of reading
every day.
Besides, Ivy Schools, together with Xfanread and
Yanjiyou Bookstore, also conducted sharing sessions
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Gorky once said: “The good qualities in our soul are most
successfully and forcefully awakened by the power of
books.” Indeed, 21 days of parent-child reading helped
many kids develop the habit of reading, so that they
kept reading every day and earned the commemorative
badges by their own efforts and persistence. Though
our campaign has ended, the habit of reading, like a
seed, has been sowed deep in children’s mind.
Reading is everyone’s teacher. Ivy Schools not only help
children develop the habit of reading and enjoy the
pleasure of reading, but also hope that children can,
under the guidance of the teacher of book, explore and
find the answer of life.