Survey Form for Kids' Love for Reading from SAS

Basahin ang bawat pangungusap sa ibaba at isipin kung ito ay NAGLALARAWAN SA IYONG INIISIP AT NARARAMDAMAN. Lagyan ng TSEK ang hanay ng inyong sagot.

Halimbawa:

Sabi ng pangungusap: “Gusto kong kumain ng pansit.” Kung hindi mo gusto ang pansit, maglagay ng tesk sa hanay ng “HINDI”. Kung minsan gusto mo ng pansin, maglagay ng tsek sa hanay ng “MINSAN”. Kung gusto mo kumain ng pansit, maglagay ng tsek sa hanay ng “OO”. Pumili lang ng ISANG sagot.

	HINDI	MINSAN OO, MINSAN HINDI	OO
1. Gusto kong kumain ng pansit.
2. Nasisiyahan akong magbasa.
3. Magbabasa lang ako kung kailangan para sa eskwela.
4. Hindi ko gusto maging kaibigan ang batang basa ng basa.
5. Ang pagbabasa ay makakatulong sa aking pag – aaral.
6. Tinatamad akong magbasa.
7. Mas marami akong matututunan sa TV o sa ibang tao kaysa sa libro.
8. Marami akong ibang mas gusting gawin kaysa magbasa.
9. Ang pagbabasa ay makakatulong sa akin maging mas mabuting tao.
10. Ang pagbabasa ay balakid o nagpapahirap sa aking mga Gawain sa eskwela at bahay.
11. Sayang ang pera kung sa libro lang ito gagastusin.
12. Mas masisiyahan akong makatanggap ng laruan kaysa libro bilang regalo.
13. Isa sa mga paborito kong gawain ang magbasa.

Community Library Efforts in Aceh

Here’s what seems to be a very impressive initiative in tsunami – torn Banda Aceh. The Reading Society Foundation has established AcehKids.org – and their battle cry is to initiate and develop Community Libraries/Reading Rooms in every village in Aceh to foster a new generation of Aceh Kids who love reading.

It's worth checking out and supporting.

Internet Finds: Library Models

This is an active list... so it should be updated every now and then.

Monroe Country Library System

International Children's Digital Library - A University of Maryland Human-Computer Interaction Lab project offers more than 260 children's books online.

"A library that provides free access to children's books from around the world. By ensuring access to books from many cultures and in diverse languages, to foster a love of reading, a readiness to learn, and a response to the challenges of world illiteracy."

Libraries for Juvenile Reformation Centers

I was just reading through an old issue of the Balitaan at Talakayan Ukol sa Bata, a quarterly newsletter of the Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC).
One article was about the Molave Youth Home - the detention center for Juvenile offenders found behind the Quezon City Hall. The article described how 159 children, mostly 15 - 17 years old, live and serve sentence in a cramped area. Let me site a few sentences: "A fairly small crew of jail custodians, social workers, and teachers run Molave. The Department of Education, a third partner agency, has detailed six special education teachers to hold daily classes for children at two class sessions every day. A female deputy warden of Molave says most of the children take very positively to the classes."

The point of sharing this, actually, is: Won't these children be better off, if, while they are there ---- there's a library where they can READ?

The catch is, the area is already so cramped - it doesn't even have a sunning area where the children can have some daylight.

The title of this post has "Juvenile Reformation Centers" on it, but that is just a term I coined instead of writing "Detention Center." Current efforts in Juvenile Justice advocacy have yet to formalize the use of less offensive terms - but things are underway.

Mail a Book to Hiraya

The Hiraya Center for Community Libraries Accepts book donations through mail.
Mail a book now.
Please send new or gently used books. You may write a note for the children who will be reading the book you send.
Mail a book to:
Hiraya Center for Community Libraries
24 F Malingap St., Teachers’ Village,
Quezon City, Philippines 1101

Book Drive Strategies

"Recent studies confirm that the availability of reading material is the strongest predictor of a child's ability to read and later academic achievement."

That statement was from

Pictures from Mural Painting by Ilustrador ng Kabataan; Storytelling by Volunteers; and Storytelling Workshop by Alitaptap Storytellers