Indus
emphasizes on developing a love for reading amongst students. Learning to read
during the early years opens new avenues to creativity and imagination.
BOOK CHARACTER PARADE
by Meenakshi S
““I have always imagined that
Paradise will be a kind of library.”
― Jorge Luis Borges (1955)
At Indus International School, one of
the most important impact children receive from their teachers is the love and
passion for reading. Learning to read during the early years opens new avenues
to creativity and imagination.
The early year’s program can be one
of the most creative times in a child’s life. Reading encourages our children to
express feelings and learn communication skills, effectively. At early years, children
become lifelong readers for numerous reasons. Sometimes only a single book is
required to capture a child's imagination and open their mind up to an exciting
world of adventures.
In order to promote literacy and
inculcate an excitement to read, we organized a Book Character Parade in IELC
RMV on the 9th of September, 2016. This event helped nurture a love
for reading and an awareness of the different books and characters, thereby
promoting literacy across the grades.
Our nursery children dressed as a cute
pig, a princess, Noddy, tiger and elephant paraded happily along with children
from other grades. While nursery had their own reasons for celebration, our Reception
class children went a step ahead, imitated the characters that they were
dressed as like Superman, Princess, Peppa Pig, Star Wars character etc.
The students of Prep 1 had an
exciting circle time in the morning in which they were introduced to the
importance of reading. We then saw a live introduction to the adventures of
Chota Bheem, Little Elf, Lighting Mc Queen, Birbal ~ the Wise, The Lion King
etc. During circle time in Prep 2, the children spoke about the characters that
they chose to dress-up. They began an imaginative journey by creating a
different version of Cinderella- fairy tale, using the characters present in
class such as Mr. Wolf, Mr. Toad, Cinderella and Mike the little boy. This was
a great opportunity to see our children in their true imaginative and
innovative little-selves. Through this pretend play, children also proved that
one story can have numerous plots with more room for creativity.
To highlight another important aspect
of story-telling, our head of centre, Ms Nishita Israni conducted a puppet show
as a part of her speech & drama class. Our children were engrossed in the
story exhibiting various emotions that came across as the story progressed.
Peals of laughter circulated across the library hall as students reacted to
funny parts in the story.
A few students from each class were
risk takers and confidently came up to share their character choices with the
rest of the students and teachers. It was such a delight to see many children
so confidently narrate their favorite book and demonstrate their favorite
puppets during the assembly that was conducted in the library. The parade ended
with an excellent Show and Tell of their favorite book.
