Cantonese Storytelling & Painting Saturdays at Cork City Library

Yesterday, the sun was shining brightly. Yet, a small group of children gathered for Canto+Eng storytime in Cork City Library.

One little child spoke fluent Cantonese — it was clear parents had put a lot of love and effort to help keep the mother tongue. It was the first time for another child to learn Cantonese, the child beamed with pride reading out the new Cantonese words. The young helper sat listening with a beautiful smile to the story about the Peak Tram in Hong Kong and told mum how enjoyable the story was afterwards.

After story time, the children used their fingers to draw a tree, tapping and sketching as they listened to a few adults admiring their artwork — all in Cantonese.

An hour drifted by, calm and full of joy.

🤩🫶☀️❤️

琴日陽光普照，高基市圖書館內幾個小朋友人少少聽故仔。一位小小朋友一口流利粵語，爹哋媽咪真係俾咗好多心機幫小朋友KEEP住母語。又有小朋友初學粵語，每讀到一個粵語詞彙都一面自豪。小助教笑咪咪聽住一個關香港山頂纜車小高嘅故事，事後同媽咪話好鍾意個故仔。故事之後，小朋友用手指點點點畫樹，一邊畫一邊聽住幾個大人用粵語讚嘆佢哋嘅大作。輕輕鬆鬆一個鐘頭悠然而過。