From December 30th to 31st, under the guidance of the Shenzhen Women's Federation, the Lianhua Street Office of Futian District, Shenzhen, and the Shenzhen Futian District Committee of the Communist Youth League, the 2023 Parent-Child Reading Festival Carnival hosted by the Shenzhen Aiyue Public Welfare Association was held in the North Square of Shenzhen Book City (Central City). The activity advocates "reading starts at the age of 0" and advocates "parents and children read together every day". The event was carried out in the form of "online + offline", covering children's book drag shows, markets, forums, picture book dramas, children's book writers' sharing and other content, attracting many citizens to participate.
At the launching ceremony of the event, Li Wen, chairman of the Shenzhen Aiyue Public Welfare Association, pointed out that parent-child reading is of great value and significance for children to develop reading habits, and hopes to promote more families to start parent-child reading through this activity. Lu Yun, director of the Family and Children's Department of the Shenzhen Women's Federation, said that this event is a "New Year's Eve" in the way of reading, making reading a way of life for family reunions and celebrating important moments, and helping the whole people in Shenzhen to read "from the family, starting from the age of 0", so that the whole people can enjoy the fun of reading and become lifelong learners.
At this event, the "Children's Book Drag Show" was particularly lively, with parents and children transforming into characters in children's books, such as Li Bai, Monkey King, Little Red Riding Hood, Peter Pan, Crocodile, Giraffe ......The children vividly displayed the images from their favorite children's books, and the parents also participated in the activities and shared parent-child interaction time.
On the "Parent-Child Reading Wishing Wall" at the event site, the reporter saw that many parents left their families' "2024 Reading Plan": "Let children choose their favorite books next year" and "Accompany their children to bookstores often and get book borrowing cards for their children" ......Another parent said: "My child is now in junior high school, but we have been reading with him since he was a child, and when he is older, we will discuss with him the books he likes”
Many reading experts at the scene gave their own reading suggestions. Xiong Youping, principal of Shenzhen Baishida Primary School, said: "Children need to be accompanied by their parents to grow up, and the best companionship is parent-child reading. Yuan Xiaofeng, the outstanding principal of Guangdong's first "Reading Star", said: "When parent-child reading happens naturally, beauty will come unexpectedly. Children's book creator Li Zhuoying proposed that parents hope that parents will protect their children's imagination and creativity with love and companionship in the good time of reading. Picture book writer Da Wu suggested that parents should cherish the time when parents and children read together, and show less electronic products to children before their children develop reading habits.
Text |Reporter Wang Jun
Figure |Photo courtesy of the organizer.