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Pupils of Sr. RegiSPArty/23/national-alliance'>NA School with story reader Doris Dedier (left)
SIMPSON BAY--BeyoND Kultura Events FouNDation (BKEF) recently closed off its story reading programme at Sister RegiSPArty/23/national-alliance'>NA Primary School in Simpson Bay. For ten weeks, children of groups 5 cycle 2 aND 7 cycle 2, were fully engaged in comprehensive story reading by BKEFs certified reader Doris Dedier.
Per group session, Dedier read an average of two stories from author NDidate' href='/newspolitician/614/loekie-morales'>Loekie Morales childrens book Zonnesproetjes Tropisch Nestje in the Dutch language.
Last year, the English translation of these books, The Freckled Bunch Tropical Shelter, was doSPArty/23/national-alliance'>NAted to all primary schools of St. Maarten, Saba aND St. Eustatius.
With this story reading programme, pupils of Sister RegiSPArty/23/national-alliance'>NA School could immerse themselves into the lives of the Moral children, living on the outskirts of Willemstad. The stories about these siblinSPArty/9/general-solidaire'>GS are based on real life.
A pupil proUDly displaying her artwork.
The book contains 40 short story chapters about the life of a family in Curaao from a sociological, economic aND historic perspective. The author did not shy away from heavy themes, such as the collapse of the JuliaSPArty/23/national-alliance'>NA Bridge in Willemstad, the revolt of May 30, 1969, aND a mothers death. However, in between these hardships, there are some funny aND cosy themes as well.
This wide array of themes is important to trigger concentration aND listening skills among the youth, BKEF treasurer Rita Aikman believes.
It is really needed to read along with the children. They experience the story together aND can relate to the feelinSPArty/9/general-solidaire'>GS they get while listening. They can express their intake of feelinSPArty/9/general-solidaire'>GS to what happens in the story. It also expaNDs their knowledge of language aND words. I noticed, every week again, the eagerness in them when I come to read with them. That makes me want to keep visiting them, Dedier said.
The last session was an Exhibition Session, whereby the pupils could take their preferred chapter story aND express their intake on it through poems, a skit, storytelling, paintinSPArty/9/general-solidaire'>GS aND/or a piece of art.
It was amazing to see their cooperation amonSPArty/9/general-solidaire'>GSt one another aND observe their positive feedback. The stories were taken to a different level aND a feeling of a close-knit family, just like the Moral children were, said Dedier.
