Who we are

The Avid Reader Club is a reading development program that aims to inculcate in children the passion for reading, and eventually to nurture them into a habitual reader.

Our Mission

From book reading…to book craving, we seek to motivate children and instill in them the desire to read for pleasure and knowledge, so that their minds become their libraries, their knowledge treasure-troves.

Our Belief

“Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.”

– Albert Einstein

We DON’T believe in drills.

We believe the single most important activity for building the knowledge required for eventual success is reading; and better still if our children are read aloud to. Listening comprehension leads to reading comprehension, good writing & confident speaking.

Using our proven methods, good readers will develop indispensable talents, skills and attitudes alongside their reading habits, such as:

good listening skills

improved communication skills

perseverance (become disciplined individuals)

love of words (wider usage of vocabularies)

value for books, literature and cultures

enjoyment of inner peace (reduced hyper-activeness)

enhanced creativity & curiosity

ability to conceptulise of time & incentives management

appreciation for other literacy-based passions such as music & lyrics, theatres, movies & musicals

about the founder

The Founder of The Avid Reader Club, Teacher Anna or Huma (胡媽), has been blogging since 2014, documenting her thoughts about the fun but sometimes tough journey of raising her 2 kids Ali and Mei Mei.

A booklover herself, Teacher Anna has made cultivating a good habit of reading for her kids a personal crusade – having devoted years of research to learning the art and skills of reading, she has been reading-aloud to her kids for more than 10 years on a daily basis.

Realising how much benefits a child can get from reading – cognitively and ethically; and how unhealthy nowadays the academic competition has led to stressful, unhappy kids & parents, Teacher Anna decided to establish The Avid Reading Club, hoping to prove that learning can be an enjoyable process.  Her most shiny accolade for her strong belief in reading is her own children, who are both scholarships students in an international IB school.  Not to mention her other students who all have achieved huge improvement in their academic studies and their love of reading.

Teacher Anna graduated from The University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law (HKU LLB), pursued her career in banking and worked in a leading global financial institution as Vice President and Department Head of business and commerce development for over 10 years. Teacher Anna is a family life coach and has been helping tens of families in youth confidence coaching and family relationship. She is also a certified hypnotherapist trained by renowned expert Paul McKenna, specializes in empowering children for peak performance, eliminating bad habits, and boosting self-confidence; provides rapid and effective solutions to young individuals to unlock their full potential.

Her other interests include golf, photography, travel, writing, movie, yoga and cooking.

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