9000 indigenous kids will "learn by playing"

On December 2006, design and digital activities of the 4th project of the Learning by Playing Program were finished. The bilingual illustrated text Ju’u Suawaka. La Estrella Fugaz, a Yaqui legend, was delivered on december 15th to the PETY (“Proyecto Educativo de la Tribu Yaqui” Educative organization of the Yaqui Tribe) for be distributed among yaqui tribe schools. A percentage was saved for diffusion to the general public. The riddle book Jabesa ne? (Who/What am I?) will be deliver this spring (April 30 “Día del Niño” Children national day) and the Yaqui alphabet booklet next June for end of term.

5th Project with Global Giving resources are: 1. CD of Yaqui music for children: Song selection has been made, we already have the demo of the recordings in Yaqui and Spanish and the bilingual lyrics. 2. Book about legends and Coloring Book “My family” both for children and teachers of the Mayo tribe: This autumm we will be making an Artistic Stimulation Workshop for children of a Mayo community from where the material which will be contributed to the elaboration of these prints will be obtained. We already have the experience of a similar activity made on October of last year with the Yaqui community.

Picture 1 shows the front page of Jabesa ne Booklet. Picture 2 corresponds to moments of the practical application of this program in indigenous communities, such as Seri children having fun playing the Memory game, which illustrates the sea life of their environment and at the same time reassuring their identity and preserving their mother language. Picture 3 corresponds to the closure of this workshop made in an indigenous school shelter, in the South of Sonora, México. It shows a group of children, some PETY teachers and Lutisuc members.