Read Aloud Goes to School Held at Kinderfield School Sudirman
Reported by Budhi Firmansyah Surapati | Translated by Nugroho Adibrata
The Central Jakarta Library and Archives (Pusip) Sub-agency from Thursday (5/2) to Friday (5/3), held a read aloud goes to school at Kinderfield School Sudirman, Jalan KH. Mas Mansyur, RT 12/11, Karet Tengsin Urban Village, Tanah Abang.
We want to introduce literacy to children from an early age
Central Jakarta Pusip Sub-agency Head, Irwan Septinadi said this read aloud goes to school is the result of synergy with the West Jakarta Read Aloud community and is held as part of the Library Week event held by Kinderfield School Sudirman. It is targeting school students aged 3 to 6 years,
"We want to introduce literacy to children from an early age. We collaborate with the read aloud community to make the activities more interesting," he expressed.
Kindergarten Students Learn Firefighter Duty on Karya IslandOn the first day of the activity, he deployed a mobile library unit and story reading activities on the second day.
Hopefully, it would build children's habits of literacy. That way, in the future, we would grow into a generation that loves to read and was literate.
"That's why, it is important to instill literacy habits from an early age," he stressed.
West Jakarta Read Alous Community Chairperson, Amalia Novianti added there were about 82 participanta from pree school and kindergarten. On the first day, student activities were directed at borrowing and reading books independently from the mobile library.
"On the second day, it is the peak of activities, the children are read books on the theme of imagination and creativity," he said.