May 15, 2013
by Marcus Priaulx
Children run outside to greet Jennifer Juderjahn each Tuesday at Cherbourg.
The have beaming faces as they borrow books from her Barambah PaCE mobile library.
Many plonk themselves down on receiving them and immediately begin to open the pages. Often, they are too young to read but are filled with wonder. They flick through the pages with their brothers and sisters and point to the pictures.
As Socrates said, “Wonder is the beginning of wisdom”.
Now the Barambah Mobile Library is going into Cherbourg State School.
A wealth of donated books has allowed Barambah PaCE to put together a reading pack for the school’s 65 pre-prep and prep children.
This is filled with a book, a DVD with an animated Budburra ABC Book, a DVD on how to read to your children and written information.
The idea is to have children take books for mum, dad, brothers or sisters to read to them each night at home.
They can then return and swap the books for another with their classroom teacher any time they wish to.
Barambah PaCE’s message is simple: “Reading to your child for just 15 minutes a day can have a huge impact on improving their life outcomes.”
[Photo: Marcus Priaulx]
