Olwin Walker, Principal of the Maria Holder Nursery School in Gall Hill, Christ Church with nursery pupils during the recently held Character Day held at the school, as part of Literacy Week activities.
A deeper love for reading was cultivated in the tiny tots of the Maria Holder Nursery School in Gall Hill, Christ Church, as they recently held Character Day, as part of their Literacy Week activities.
Principal of the nursery school, Olwin Walker, noted that the children “came alive” as they depicted their favourite characters from books and movies and with the support of their parents, they have committed to engage in reading, as an exciting activity.
“Today culminates our Literacy Week, which actually started on October 9, but one of the teachers suggested that we can get the children to dress as a character, because that’s really their world. From the time we asked the children to dress as characters and they came in this morning, the children opened up, they were expressive, they were able to tell you who their character was, what the character does and so on,” Walker told The Barbados Advocate last Friday.
“So we used it as an opportunity to develop what we call expressive language, the use of words to express ideas, to express their thoughts, to express their feelings. There’s a lot of comprehension, coming out, storytelling, because the children get to retell what the character does in the movie or the story,” the principal added.
“So the majority of the children, 95 per cent of them came dressed as a character and they came alive, especially the ones who are usually shy. They opened up and they talked as well,” she further stated, noting that the children were also videotaped and will see a replay of their videos at a later date.
To further cultivate a love for reading, parents were also issued with a flyer containing various tips on how to aid their children in becoming excellent at reading. “So we gave them different tips and I am hoping from that Literacy Week, that parents will really grasp an understanding of how they can develop reading, in their young children,” Walker concluded. (RSM)