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.

It's a real pleasure to greet them again, especially to wish a good start to the year, health and abundant blessings to the group of teachers of Lets Be Ready.

From January 5 to 9 they were in training at the facilities of the Common Hope Foundation in Antigua Guatemala, teachers participated Patzicía, Santo Domingo Xenacoj, San Martin Jilotepeque, Patzún, to share new ideas and experiences; but above all to learn new ways of working with children using inovative techniques and ideas and planning work in every classroom, reaching the goal that teachers have more knowledge and updated professional growth that allows them carry out effective work in the children's program. They worked in groups sharing ideas and experience: art, recycling, leadership, evaluation, vocabulary, and personalizing activities for each student.

A group working in rural areas in early stimulation shared their techniques with us. They are seeking opportunities for children who have no opportunity to attend school because of the distance. They use recorded curriculum, instructional guides, the national curriculum and creative curriculum, to impart in children the skills of fine and gross motor, language, and basic concepts of daily life. Founded by the support of Fred Zambroski and the sponsors, the program Aula Magica seeks to develop education and training of children in rural Guatemala, overcoming the challenges of faraway places by providing opportunities for the promoters to graduate from high school while working in their own communities, and be an example to drive changes in their community through education. Finding the participation of parents and children, the promoters for the program stay in their communities.

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