Usage of Home Reading Corner: Experience from Kids of Sri Lanka
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2021
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Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
Abstract
Reading corner is an area of a room set aside for books, especially one intended to provide a quiet or comfortable place for reading (www.lexico.com,2021). Its history has gone to the mid-19th century. Studying knowledge status of Sri Lankan kid’s regarding home reading corner, Introducing the home reading corner and maintaining method for kids, identifying interest & ideas of kids for home reading corner and introducing simple exercises to create DIY home reading corner at their home were objectives of the study. With the above objectives, case study method used for the study. Kid’s interest reading home reading corner, creating DIY library, using books and maintenance, decoration of reading corner, creating bookmarks are revealed from the study.
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Reading, Reading corner, DIY library, Kids of Sri Lanka, Primary education
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Dharmathilaka, W.G.W.D (2021), Usage of Home Reading Corner: Experience from Kids of Sri Lanka. 4th International Conference on Library and Information Management, Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. 66-69.