BOIDR raises 14,000 euros to improve reading skills for preschoolers in Moerwijk district
Bij Ons In De Residentie haalde afgelopen jaar met haar netwerkdiners 14.000 euro op om leesvaardigheid van kleuters aan de P. Oosterleeschool (Moerwijk) te verbeteren.
DATE
29 February 2024
TEXT
Annerieke Simeone
IMAGE
Fleur Beemster/Meike Liedenbaum
BOIDR raises 14,000 euros to improve reading skills for preschoolers in Moerwijk district
Bij Ons In De Residentie haalde afgelopen jaar met haar netwerkdiners 14.000 euro op om leesvaardigheid van kleuters aan de P. Oosterleeschool (Moerwijk) te verbeteren.
Bij Ons In De Residentie (BOIDR) today (Thursday 29 February) handed over a cheque for 14,000 euros to director Mariska Wubben and a number of pre-school children from P. Oosterleeschool, a primary school in Moerwijk. The money will be used to improve the reading skills of these children - who often speak a different language at home.
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Presenting the value check to headmistress Mariska Wubben (left) and the kindergarten children of P. Oosterle School.
With the donation, the headmistress has now bought a number of concrete resources, such as:
- The Reader: a 'talking' pen that reads out loud each highlighted word or associated picture.
- Bilingual children's books
- The BookaBooka cabinet: an 'all you can eat' buffet of picture books
Wubben: "The BookaBooka cabinet is our newest acquisition. The nice thing about it is that children get their selected books read to them first in a language of their choice and then listen to the story in Dutch.
The BookaBooka cabinet.
Older children can also read stories on their own. It's a real success, we find. By offering it in their own language first, they then understand much better what the story is about."
With the reading pen, children can slide over certain words in accompanying booklets, then hear from the pen how that word is pronounced.
Language gap
Editor-in-chief Annerieke Simeone is happy with the amount raised at four networking dinners held by The Hague-based media brand last year. "We chose this charity with care: it is Hague-based and it touches our field, namely language. Moreover, I know from experience what language deficits can do to people. My Italian father, who moved here in the 1960s, never really mastered the Dutch language. As a result, he had to rely on my mother for major life decisions, such as banking or mortgage matters. Those who speak a language well are less dependent. We wish the same for these Hague toddlers."
The teacher shows the preschoolers a bilingual book.
Oosterlele School
Also in 2024, P. Oosterlele School is the charity of At Our Residence.
Last week's article in the AD in which editor-in-chief Annerieke Simeone explains the choice of this charity.
