KEREEN HIBBERTS, principal of Marcus Garvey Basic School, Kingston, has been hosting free online reading lessons to assist students who are at home due to the coronavirus pandemic.
“I decided to do the online lessons because l know that reading is sometimes a challenge for some children, especially during this corona isolation, as they are going to be out [of school] for a long time and it will cause problems for those who are already struggling.
I am also cognisant of the fact that some parents, unfortunately, may not know how to help their children, due to illiteracy.”
I also know that some parents teach children to read mostly through memorising words and not through letter sounds or phonetic activities.
Therefore, I took on the initiative to do these lessons to let parents become aware of the benefits of teaching reading through letter sounds and not just memorising.”
