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Over 100 children\u2019s lives burst with colour and imagination down the rabbit hole of the wondrous world of words thanks to Claremont Library\u2019s five-week reading programme in celebration of the National Literacy Month of September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The integrated reading programme\u2019s theme was the classic tale of Alice in Wonderland<\/span> where partnering libraries ensured that six educare centres received 25 books each, five of which were read each week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Claremont\u2019s Assistant Librarian Nuhaa Portland explained that these books, carefully selected to be easily integrable to the centres\u2019 existing curriculum, were delivered before the programme started. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEach centre\u2019s teachers worked through the different books with learners based on the theme of the week, the teachers then asked questions to see if the children understood the information as read to them in the books,\u201d Portland illustrated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The integrated reading programme\u2019s theme was the classic tale of Alice in Wonderland.<\/div>\n
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Nuhaa Portland showed off the programme\u2019s custom-made buckets containing the children\u2019s minimum of five-word-reviews about the books they read.<\/div>\n
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She invited People\u2019s Post<\/span> to join in the fun on Wednesday 20 September at the local Rush Indoor Extreme Trampoline Park at Stadium on Main. It was a joyful closing chapter where 130 participating children jumped into sponsored neon socks, said Rush\u2019s manager, Richard Poulton. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said: \u201cIn anticipation of the children\u2019s visit to Rush, we asked willing patrons to donate their used socks, which we recycled for today. We washed the donated socks and sorted them according to size which was delivered to each centre beforehand.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over two days two different groups of roughly 70 Grade-R learners were hosted at the fun park as a last hurrah to the programme that started on Monday 14 August and ended on Monday 11 September. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It involved the following Educare centres, five of which are located in Manenberg, along with one NPO: Smart Steps Academy (28 learners), Little Lillies (30), Mustadafin Educare Centre (14), Strawberry Play Centre (25), Bumble Bee Educare (15), Manenberg Moravian Cr\u00e8che (15) and Love Out Loud NPO (three).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking to what the programme meant to their learners, the principal of Strawberry Play Centre Maraldea Davids said it was \u201ca great initiative and gesture, especially to us in Manenberg, to expose our children to books . . . not only reading them, but to also engage their imaginations with role models as illustrated by the different story characters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis programme opens a lot of opportunities for our children and us as teachers. The programme made it easy to integrate the reading into our language and creative artwork lessons, for example. It was so rewarding to the learners, as well as the teachers,\u201d said Brendalean King, the principal of Manenberg Moravian Cr\u00e8che.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On her turn, the principal of Bumble Bee Educare Gadija Abrahams said this opened a new world to their learners, most of whom come from broken homes. \u201cOur kids aren\u2019t familiar with the concept of libraries. And the way Nuhaa set out the integrated programme is unlike the way our curriculums are designed, which made it so easy and enjoyable in a manner that boosted the learners\u2019 intellectual and cognitive abilities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abrahams added that she was touched by the way the programme helped her learners to recognise the sounds which they could associate with the spelling of words. Portland showed off the programme\u2019s custom made buckets containing the children\u2019s minimum of five-word-reviews about the books they read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI made these containers to look like the Cheshire Cat, as well as the Caterpillar from Alice in Wonderland<\/span> with openings where the children\u2019s reviews of at least one book per week were written on a template provided by the library, and submitted,\u201d she beamed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Portland applauded her partners, which she credited to attending media, Rush, the libraries\u2019 marketing department, Professional Services Programmes (PSP) and supporting members from the Southfield, Lansdowne, Manenberg, Athlone, Pinelands and Wynberg libraries. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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