Guest Author: Cammie Backus
Seven and eight-year-old kids in Buenos Aires got their first taste of Skype, enjoyed a bilingual read-aloud and got treated to a skit starring a monkey this week.
The activities were part of a World Read Aloud Day celebration between RIF National and Fundación Leer (RIF Argentina). Through online and in-person activities, World Read Aloud promotes the power of worldwide literacy through online and in-person activities.
This year, I joined the Argentinian students for a Skype session during their English lesson on Wednesday, reading the English version of New Day, New Friends to them and answering their questions.
The students were wowed by the “magic” of interacting with someone so far away. And I had the always-welcome chance to add to my small Spanish vocabulary.
Today, more RIF staff members got in on the action by re-enacting the book in a skit they shared with the students. Check out the video for ideas about how to involve your own kids in read-aloud activities.
This video is also available for in-school viewings via RIF’s SchoolTube account.