Lets Be Ready

Hello everyone, I hope you and your families are doing well. Unfortunately, the pandemic is still a novelty despite the fact that there is already a vaccine to counter this disease. Sadly, the cases continue to increase and our country has not been the exception. For this reason, we have increased prevention and biosecurity measures, to protect our children, our families and ourselves.

It is impressive that we are already starting the eighth month of the year, we have been through a lot during these months, but even with the problems and concerns, there is always a ray of light. Lets Be Ready teachers are working hard and as a team for the education of our children.

It has not been easy to work and continue with many changes. The communities that are in rural areas and where the houses are widely separated, the teachers can give classes 3 times a week or regularly in small groups and for a stipulated time. This has contributed to the development of skills and abilities of our children, is much better than last year. In addition, another important factor for this to happen has been thanks to the skills, creativity, ideas and activities with which each teacher personally works.

Critical Thinking is a key method in these results. Perhaps each teacher unconsciously or inadvertently, if he was using this way of thinking with his students. But now that we are analyzing it in detail, we can realize that it is essential for our children to be able to make good decisions in the future.

Precisely on July 27, we met with all our teachers, to share ideas of how they are putting it into practice in their classes. Personally, it was very surprising to see the amount of ideas and activities that can be done with a single book or topic. Many of them made us see what else we can do to widely develop Critical Thinking in our children. In this meeting we also gave importance to the "Star Books", making it clear what they are and what activities we can carry out with each of them; they are part of the curriculum.

We are doing everything possible to ensure that our children have a better education, and this would not be possible without your donations. Really, thank you very much for your input. It has been fundamental for the children, because in this way they continue to learn and develop their skills. On behalf of the entire Lets be Ready staff Thank you! God bless you!

We also want to thank Nancy and Fred for the unconditional support they have shown to all the children of our country and to us as people. Without you, we would not be able to offer this support to the communities that really need it… Thank you!

Please continue to take care of yourself; Although many have already been vaccinated, there is no 100% guarantee to eradicate this virus. So wherever you are, don't let your guard down! And greetings from Guatemala ...

Hi everyone! How are you? Receive a warm greeting from the entire Lets be Ready group, we wish the well-being of everyone at home.

Have you heard the phrase "A child who reads will be an adult who thinks"? Surely yes, and you certainly agree with this one. And if he thinks carefully, perhaps the context of the sentence is fulfilled in yourself.

We are very excited and impressed by all the progress and improvement our teachers are making. It is incredible that we are already finishing the fifth month of the year and starting the sixth. As you know, an important part of our program's curriculum is “READING”, so we are working a lot on this.

Unfortunately, due to the Pandemic, in our country we are at a very low level with respect to the reading, lower than it was before the pandemic. Therefore, part of our goals for this year is to do more for children and give them a good early stimulation of Reading. In my last reports I told you that we are working on Critical Thinking with the help of our "Star" books. Teachers have endeavored to follow this method to the letter and have been very creative in implementing it. Many have already read the book "Brown Bear, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, and Harold and the Purple Pencil." Through these books, children have learned about colors, shapes, sizes, the cycle of life, comparisons, nutrition, the classification of animals, concepts, and many more topics.

Although we have accomplished a lot by doing these activities, we want to continue to improve. That is why we are receiving a workshop on “Early Reading Stimulation”, as I mentioned before, 6 of our teachers were selected to receive this training. Taking care of our health and that of others, we have hosted the workshop by Zoom. The program is aimed at parents, as it seeks to provide them with the necessary skills to meaningfully share books with their preschool-age children. We will only be the ones who will give you the ideas to put it into practice, there are 10 sessions of one hour with a specific objective. Most impressive, parents do not need to read or write to participate in the program. It is proven, the children who have participated in this program have improved a lot and are better prepared for the first year of primary school. 4 communities have been selected to start. But in our next report we will give you more information.

Once again, thank you for the unconditional support, trust and generosity that you show the program and our children, who are the future of our country. "God bless you" and hugs from Guatemala.