Lets Be Ready

EDUCATIONAL CENTER SMALL BUT READY
GLOBAL GIVING
                                                                               February 2015
February began classes at different preschools.
The children were very happy to start in their small schools. The teachers began routines, new experiences and inolved  the parents in the various activities of their children's education, while implementing a new program to evaluate the vocabulary of our children in the project which Margarita Bejarano is responsible for. This program allows us to measure the progress of the language of our children.

We are organized in our small schools with support from principals, parents, and COCODES (communitiy oraginzations).  The teachers organize their own communities involving everyone in the acheivement of ther goals. Our teachers demonstrate a vocation of service to their community. We take into account our cultural environment providing bilingual teachers for their Mayan language for interaction and communication of families and children ocialization of children within the school.

Margarita is doing language assessment with BRACKEN School Readiness Assessment THIRD EDITION which is done by showing the child the book of the assessment. On each page of the book there are pictures of which one is the correct answer. She uses a guide (which is what is on the table), where she writes the child's response).We also had a visit from Erik, a speech therapist, who helped with the language assessments program He visited Santo Domingo and San Antonio Frijolitos Xenacoj.

Teachers are using recycled materials to help children achieve their creativity, and give them have the knowledge to care our mother earth. They create environmental awareness in their communities they inhabit and instill the concepts of not throwing garbage into rivers, lakes, seas, streets, and create a healthy environment.

One teacher is using music combined with scribling with crayons, which the children enjoy..

Many teachers started the year with the Star Book The Hungry Caterpillar, using it to review the days of the week and the fruits associated with what the caterpillar ate, and each day is assigned for each fruit. They made a caterpillar with a disposable bottle, then periodically the children made balls to form his body and head of the caterpillar. With chopsticks they made its antennae, its base was the disposable bottle.

Thank you for those SMILES, AND SUPPORT FOR EDUCATION IN GUATEMALA.
BLESSINGS GOD BLESS.