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The main target for this activity was children in grades three to six. \u00a0In July, most of the children were still on summer vacation, so during the activity, children were very excited to participate. \u00a0On the first day of the activity, the head of our volunteer group made a simple informational meeting for the parents who accompanied the children. Volunteers also introduced the reading skills, and shared examples of parent-child reading, encouraging parents to accompany their children to read at home. \u00a0Some of the parents of the participants can only communicate in Tibetan. \u00a0Therefore, we also ask other parents to translate and explain to them so they can get along with us.<\/p>\n
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On the other side, our volunteer teachers have already started folding paper with the children.\u00a0 Some teachers brought children to fold cranes, and some fold out beautiful flowers.\u00a0 Restless boys folded aircraft, boats, fake fingernails, it is really all-inclusive and creative.\u00a0 At that moment, the classroom calmed down and all kids focused on learning this new skill.<\/p>\n
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Next, the first reading session was launched, and teacher Shu-Yi led the children to read “Andersen’s Story”. \u00a0The children got around in a big circle. \u00a0The first story they chose was “Little Ghost and Little Merchant”, and start reading clockwise.\u00a0 As the children participated ranged from third to sixth grades, we found that some third-grade students tried very hard to pronounce the correct pronunciation when they encountered difficult words. \u00a0When older students saw this, they would promptly remind the younger ones and help. \u00a0Classmates helping each other out was a feeling of warm cooperation. \u00a0Throughout the morning, the children actively participated and read three stories including “Ugly Duckling”, “Princess Pea” and “Nightingale”. \u00a0It was interesting that some children were too involved, read several paragraphs at a stretch, and stopped only when teacher interrupted. When a volunteer teacher asked a question, children very actively expressed their views and interacted.<\/p>\n
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This afternoon’s reading class was led by teacher Yi-Ting, and the storybook was “Seven Rats to the Beach”.\u00a0 The teacher first made the children a warm-up, gave them three tips, and then allow them to guess.\u00a0 The kids used their imagination to constantly guess and explore, invisibly this increased their curiosity and interest to the book. \u00a0When reading the story, each child was very attentive. \u00a0The teacher also taught them to bring themselves into the role of the story.\u00a0 This way, we hope to deepen the children’s impression of the content of the story.<\/p>\n
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It is worth mentioning that the volunteer teacher took the opportunity of this reading event and taught the children to use mineral water bottles and plastic bags to make a simple life buoy.\u00a0 A basin was filled with water to simulate the appearance at the seaside, and through actual operation, to give the children methods so they can respond to emergency situations in real life.<\/p>\n
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The first day of class ended with the teacher handing out the homework assignment for the students. \u00a0When we watched the students smile and walked out of the classroom with joy, they reminded us the thrill of this journey. \u00a0Thinking of our way here from Chengdu to Ganzi county, because the heavy rains, led to landslides and flooding. \u00a0On the road, there were a lot of traffic control, as a result of heavy rains, which made the winding road even more difficult to cross. After 14 hours we finally reached Ganzi.\u00a0 As soon as we arrived safely, it felt as if a big rock were lifted. Apart from being touched, we could also feel the joy of the saying \u201cafter the rain, sun is out”. \u00a0The volunteer teachers from Taiwan and Shanghai have spent a long time discussing, designing and preparing for this course event but even so we were still worried.\u00a0 But after seeing the enthusiastic response from the students today, we were convinced that we can guide children in becoming more confident learners through reading.<\/p>\n
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