“I used to think reading was boring. Now I cannot wait to read the next chapter!”
– Aaliyah, Grade 3
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Aaliyah, who did not read.
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She arrived in October having decided, quite firmly, that reading was something other children did. She could decode. She simply would not.
We stopped asking her to read and started reading to her, one chapter, every session, stopping at the worst possible moment. By November she was finishing the chapter herself between sessions so she would know what happened. By February she was arguing with the group about whether the ending was fair.
"I used to think reading was boring. Now I cannot wait to read the next chapter."
She is in Book Club now. She chooses the books.
In Their Own Words
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From the children, and from the parents who watched it happen.
“He has become so much more confident in writing. He actually enjoys it now!”
– Parent of Yusuf, Grade 2“The Lantern Room feels like home. My daughter looks forward to every single class.”
– Parent of Sara, Grade 4“I wrote a whole book. It has a cover and everything. My grandma cried.”
– Idris, Grade 5“Her handwriting went from unreadable to neat in one term. She noticed it herself.”
– Parent of Maryam, Grade 2“They never made him feel slow. That is the thing I will remember.”
– Parent of Elias, Grade 6“Book Club is the only reason I finished a chapter book. Now I have read four.”
– Zainab, Grade 4“We came for reading scores. We left with a child who reads for fun.”
– Parent of Omar, Grade 3“I know what a paragraph is for now. Before I just wrote until I got tired.”
– Hana, Grade 5Moments From The Lantern Room
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