About kidsREAD

kidsREAD is a nationwide reading programme officially launched on 23 April 2004 by then Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. KidsREAD is a collaborative effort by the National Library Board (NLB) together with the People’s Association (PA) and five self-help groups to promote the love of reading and cultivate good reading habits among all young Singaporeans, in particular children between the ages of 4 to 8 years of age, regardless of race or religion.

Objectives of kidsREAD

The objectives of kidsREAD are:

• To leverage on the strengths of various partners to create a reading programme for all children
• To promote the love of reading and cultivate good reading habits among the young
• To provide children with an opportunity to get ahead in reading, writing and speaking English
• To provide an avenue for children from various races to interact at an early age
• To help enhance the quality of life of our members and their families

Class

Each class can take up to a maximum of 15 children with volunteers managing and facilitating the lessons. The sessions are conducted on every Saturdays, 4pm to 5pm, with a group at Bishan Library B1 (Activity Room) and one group in DSA Bishan. For children above 12 years, there is another session ongoing on every Sunday, 9.45am to 10.45am at DSA Bishan.

For the first half hour, volunteers would read aloud stories to the participants and thereafter, the children would then be further divided into smaller groups according to their reading abilities or age range.

The volunteer attached to each group would then engage the children in an interesting variety of reading sessions and related activities such as craft, board games, poetry, songs etc.

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