Quote of the Week: Lives (Gabriel Garcíá Márquez)
“All human beings have three lives: public, private, and secret.” – Gabriel Garcíá Márquez in Gabriel Garcíá Márquez: A Life
Category: Raves & Rants
Things, issues, and happenings I rave and rant about.
My Favorite Filipino Storybooks: Part 1
The Basadours, the dynamic group of volunteer storytellers of which I am part of, advocates reading storybooks written by Filipino authors in our storytelling sessions. We deem this important and necessary because we would like to do our part in uplifting children’s literature in the country by supporting our very …
On Their Own
In my previous post, I wrote about the importance of reading to your children at least 10 minutes everyday and letting your children catch you reading. On a Wednesday afternoon, after I let them sit on one chair at our unfinished starter library, Nick and Toni picked a copy of this book entitled “Pag-abot ni Kolor sa Lungsod” (When Color Came to Town) and started “reading”. I guess this is what we get after one year of exposing our children to books. Nope, these aren’t fake or staged. These are real photos of them holding the book, sharing the book, and “reading” it.
Quote of the Week: Humility (C.S. Lewis)
“True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.” – C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
Tips and Tricks in Reading to One Year Olds
The rumors are true! The mutants have turned one year old. The house is crazier nowadays with the two walking and running all over the place. Nicholas is stronger than ever and has already attempted to climb out of his crib. Antoinette is a braver version of her 11-month-old self …
Quote of the Week: Bored (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince)
“My life is very monotonous,” the fox said. “I hunt chickens; men hunt me. All the chickens are just alike, and all the men are just alike. And, in consequence, I am a little bored.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
Basadours teams up with SM, Parkmall
Head off to these two malls on the dates mentioned. Interested to volunteer as storytellers or be part of the Basadours? Visit www.basadours.org or www.facebook.com/basadours. The Basadours joins two malls – SM City Cebu and Parkmall – in celebrating National Children’s Book Day (NCBD) by holding back-to-back storytelling sessions this …
The Pseudo-Reading Stage: The Timothy Experiment
Jeanne Chall’s Stages of Reading Development noted that between six months to six years old – called Stage 0 or Pre-reading/Pseudo reading stage – children “pretends” to read by retelling stories as they flip through the pages of books previously read to them. That’s happening to our Nicholas and Antoinette …
Quote of the Week: Choices (Deepak Chopra)
“You can’t make positive choices for the rest of your life without an environment that makes those choices easy, natural, and enjoyable.” -Deepak Chopra
Basadours Launches Project I Love to Read MORE!
This is a press release of the launching of the Basadours’ Project I Love to Read MORE! The launching was held last June 28, 2014 at the Cebu City Public Library. CEBU CITY – The Basadours – a group of volunteer storytellers and reading advocates – recently launched Project I …