By Mick Quinn and Debora Prieto | Co-Founders
One of the most important projects at the Integral Heart Foundation is our Philosophy/Critical-Thinking Program. This program, which is mandatory for the children of our sponsored families, begins for the students when they enter high school, or at 13 years of age.
But also at the Integral Heart Foundation we have children of all ages. We believe that it is important to nurture the capacity for free thinking as soon as possible; to help them get to the point at which they can begin questioning, to become curious about the roots of their ideas and concepts, getting them to look at the ‘why’ of the world around them.
We affirm that they get to read because they like to do so, no because they have to. Of course example is the best teaching tool and this is why we dedicate a time every day to just reading. We have a small library, which we are working to expand and develop, with books that are appropriate to all ages, including those for the little ones.
Our senior students and support staff sit with our younger student and read together, telling stories of other countries, times, realms, cultures and so on.
The younger students are really loving it and they are eager for more, they even bring more books to the tables before we finish the last story so we can continue reading more.
Because of this, and as part of a new effort underway, there is a project being born at our school. A complete, small, yet comprehensive library that will be run by one of our senior students so everyone can bring books home and read as they please. We will keep you updated as this project progresses.
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.” Dr. Seuss – I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!
Our deepest appreciation and gratefulness to all of you for your support our work here and for allowing for these kids to travel to more and more places!
Much love to you all from the Integral Heart Foundation.
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