Children heard stories celebrating smart, strong women during the Inquirer’s Saturday morning Read-Along session to mark Women’s Month.
In celebration of Earth Day, stories about nature took center stage at Saturday’s Inquirer Read-Along, an ongoing storytelling program for children.
On a lagoon amid clear skies and the chirping of birds, peals of laughter were heard as some 90 children listened to stories about the environment at an Inquirer Read-Along session last weekend.
Stories about change and new beginnings kicked off the first Inquirer Read-Along session for the year. At Saturday’s session, actor and peace ambassador Mikael Daez, returning storyteller Dyali Justo, and child winners of the recently concluded 2nd Inquirer Read-Along Festival Storytelling Competition, Mark Nowel Eleuterio and Laila Rontos, regaled over 60 children with stories about a town that rediscovered laughter, a dragon who learned to accept his different nature, and a grasshopper who changed his naughty ways, among others.
If it wasn't for her love of reading, Miss Universe 2011 third runner-up Shamcey Supsup would not have achieved everything she has achieved so far: a Magna Cum Laude graduate from the University of the Philippines, an architecture licensure exam topnotcher, and a world-renowned beauty queen.
To mark International Women’s Day, stories emphasizing women’s strength of character were read at the Inquirer Read-Along session held Saturday at the newspaper’s main offices.
Children from Tuloy sa Don Bosco Street-children Village in Alabang, Muntinlupa City were treated on Friday to two stories of brave women—a grandmother who tried to save everybody from a tragedy using her extraordinary hair and a queen who helped a problematic tribe.
The Inquirer Read-Along on Saturday marked its sixth year by training master storytellers and honoring celebrity readers in a daylong affair that gathered children ages 7 to 12 at the Inquirer office in Makati City.
Stories about a young girl’s wish for peace, friendship beyond the bounds of religion and love for family were the focus of Saturday morning’s special Inquirer Read-Along session marking Eid’l Fitr.
Instilling the idea to children that not all heroes wear capes and die for the country’s sake was the highlight of the Inquirer Read-Along session marking National Heroes’ Day.
