Under the slogan "Shaping Minds", the Department of Social Services "in Sharjah participates in the activities of the Sharjah Children's Reading Festival", which is being held under the generous patronage of His Highness Sheikh Dr. For family affairs in Sharjah, which is organized by the Sharjah Book Authority in its 14th session, and its activities will start today, Wednesday morning, and will continue for 10 days, from 3 to 14 May next, at the Sharjah Expo Center. The department's participation in this cultural event, which the emirate annually hosts, is characterized by the presentation of 48 diverse workshops: cultural, creative and artistic, presented and supervised by the Department of Social Education in the department, where a group of social workers participate in presenting the workshops. On the occasion, Maryam Ibrahim Al-Qaseer, Director of the Department of Social Education in the department, said: We expect that the department's pavilion will attract 5 children during the festival, due to the singing of the programs that have been developed, and the gifts distributed to children, as we have been keen to include all classifications adopted by the department, which are the values ​​programs and programs Prevention, protection and awareness programs for children. She added, we adopted the anecdotal and suspenseful method in implementing the practical workshops. Where we read story situations that children - visitors to the festival - translate into expressive acting scenes, with the aim of conveying the information or value that we want to the child in indirect ways, as well as with the aim of achieving management indicators by attracting institutions, providing educational programs, and raising the level of participants in educational programs. Al-Qusayr stated that the pavilion will distribute educational gifts to children participating in workshops and entertainment programmes. Some community personalities, the department's counseling center and the social training department also shared with us, where we will focus on the importance of a personal trainer for the family, as well as a game of my rights for the child. The titles of the workshops presented vary, what will I become tomorrow, happiness, creativity, ambition, tolerance, my rights, teamwork, order, cooperation, reading we rise, honoring parents, goodness, reverence for the great, self-defense, bullying, volunteering, honesty, and how do you say No, good manners, national identity, digital safety, leadership and others, wishing fun times for children and families.