The reading club club of the Hamberg children's and youth club and the clubs of the Am Ziesberg elementary school presented something from their respective areas. The activities included, for example, a small magic band show, handicrafts with a magic thread, drumming with giant balls or telling a picture book story together.
Andrea Quitte's drumming workshop with its entertaining introduction went down just as well with the 50 or so guests as the artistic weaving of jewelry from wool threads with Lydia Diener, which the children wanted to try out for themselves...
Then it was time to listen: Gudrun Lei used the Kamishibai to tell a new version of the fairy tale "Tischlein Deck Dich". Afterwards there was a book cake, which Luke was the first to cut with Alisa. Everyone got a slice, but luckily there were cake donations, muffins and Syrian cookies that tasted like cold dog cake from the 80s - simply delicious!
If that wasn't enough for you, you could wait for cotton candy. Christian waited in line three times, but the sunshine and entertainment shortened the wait. Inside, Babette Wengrzik and the children made leaves with names out of colorful paper and stuck them on the tree, which was designed as a large mural by Viviane Langner. Leen and Jeen, who have been attending the reading club for three years, showed their friends that they can also borrow books.
The reading club has been running as a leisure activity at the KJT Hamberg in the east and west estates since 2014. An average of twelve children attend the reading club on Mondays and Fridays during opening hours to listen to stories, read and do handicrafts. In quiet moments, they talk about their home countries and families.
A total of 500 children have used the reading club in 5 years.
During this time, a generation of primary school children have attended the reading club, and now they come along as secondary school pupils.
The reading club has been running since 2014 as a leisure activity at the Hamberg children's and youth club in the east and west of Salzgitter-Bad. The volunteer staff teach the six to 12-year-old children how to enjoy reading in a fun way. The reading club also offers exciting adventures, reading competitions and picture book cinema.
The Reading Foundation in the program "Kultur macht stark. Bündnisse für Bildung" program is also supporting the reading club with inventory and numerous books and games as well as a budget and further training for the volunteers in the second funding phase.