Fun Book Shopping

Nowadays children are avoiding books and addicted to a gadget such as smartphones. They are more tethered to the phone screens and hardly know the joy of reading. One of the ways to create an interest in reading books for children by making interesting activities such as fun book shopping. 

This activity is held on 20-27 February 2020 at Gramedia. This activity is carried out for a week and each class is required to carry out this activity. Every day there can only be one class carrying out this activity because it is carried out alternately for each class. It is also an annual activity for elementary students and is usually held once a year.

In this activity, students will go with their homeroom teacher to the bookstore, and they see books and buy books there. This activity lasts about 2 hours. Each student is required to buy one book. This is considered important because this activity will teach students to be more independent in determining books that are in accordance with their interests and knowledge.

Mrs. Tiara as the 5th-grade homeroom teacher said that this activity is important because it can cultivate the reading habit which starts with books that children enjoy because having new books they like can foster a reading habit.

She hopes that the students can be addicted to reading books at any time both fairy tale books and textbooks.

Ms. Fira as the 1st-grade homeroom teacher stated that the activity is very fun, the students really enjoy it very much, the parents also support and ask their children to buy books that increase their knowledge.

“Hopefully with this activity children can love reading more and can manage money to buy useful things”, She added.