What Books are You Feeding Your Child Today?
Words in poetry and in stories are food. Not food for the body, not food that can fill up your stomach. But food for the spirit and food for the soul.
Written by Peter Svetina, translated by Jernej Županič
International Children’s Book Day celebrates the joy of reading. A child is never to young or too old to be read aloud to.
Children should be read to in the womb and when they are grown. In this time of pandemic, institute a family read-aloud time if you can.
Here are some ideas:
- At home, curl up together on a bed or sofa, sit around a table, or read outside on a porch, balcony, or deck.
- If you are separated, read across the media. Use your phone or any digital face-to-face media to read in real time to those you love.
- Don’t have internet? Make a recording and send it through the mail like in the olden days.
- Can’t make a recording? Write your own book or poem and mail it to be read by the recipients. Not sure what to write? Draw pictures illustrating a favorite nursery rhyme or folktale.
- Don’t have a child to read to? Record yourself reading a child-appropriate book you love and post it on Facebook or Instagram or YouTube.
Want to do more?
In honor of International Children’s Book Day, Teach Peace Now invites our readers to make YouTube recordings and send the links to us at info@teachpeacenow.com. We will post them on a special page on our site and on social media so they can be shared with our followers around the world.
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