Read to children
With many stories of Hoi An in its glory days - a meeting place for writers, the cradle of reading culture in the Central region. And we together nurture the dream of restoring family bookcases, redeveloping the reading culture in the old town.
Meeting like-minded people, the members of Hoi An Reading Space group and I have more motivation to organize reading sessions with children. Every Sunday morning in open spaces, from the museum lobby, the rest stop area, a corner of the courtyard in the skylight of an old house... we read books to children.
We want to convey to the community the message that reading can be done anytime, anywhere. Thanks to reading in an open space, I received participation and contributions from my old friends from Hoi An who were once passionate about reading.
Persistent and constantly creative, each reading session is new and interesting because of the combination of reading in all expressive languages, along with interaction with post-reading experiential activities.
The number of children who enjoy participating in reading sessions is increasing. This makes me believe that this generation will develop the habit of reading on their own. And soon, they will be the ones to bring back the old Hoi An bookstores, to exist in the world heritage city.
Inspiring reading
Over the past 3 years, coordination in reading training and organizing activities to develop reading culture in Hoi An has become more and more exciting. Partly due to individuals who are passionate about developing reading who have participated in Reading Vietnam's Reading Ambassador training course, in addition to the initiative from school libraries.
I remember most the interactive book reading with more than 600 students of a primary school in Hoi An. Normally, each interactive book reading session of the ambassador with children is limited to about 20 students. But strangely, during that musical storytelling session, more than 600 students seemed to be captivated by my narration and the musical storytelling of “Uncle Sam” (the nickname of Tran Tan Sam – author of the first musical storytelling series in Vietnam).
Along with the members of Hoi An Reading Space, we have additional storytellers who are parents or teachers. They have made reading more rich, lively and inspiring, to read books together.
More than 10 years ago, I dreamed that Hoi An would be the first city in the country to be remembered as a city of reading. Now, building a dream city of reading is still a journey. But this path is increasingly full of interesting things, many positive signs to be confident.
Hoi An Reading Space has entered its 11th year of operation since its establishment. Perseverance, passion and spreading the spirit of reading have defined Khieu Thi Hoai associated with Hoi An Reading Space. From the habit of reading books to her children, to the initial plan to open a free reading space for children, after 11 years, Hoi An Reading Space and Khieu Thi Hoai have become a unique mark of the old town every weekend. Khieu Thi Hoai has also become a Vietnamese Reading Ambassador, starting from the activities of Hoi An Reading Space. From a Northern woman who followed her husband to settle in Hoi An, now, she knows Hoi An as well as her own hometown. She said, her favorite job is reading books to children every weekend in beautiful, poetic spaces and inspiring people in the most natural way possible. ( LQ )
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