The summer went all too fast and now it’s back to school for millions of children.
In Boulder, super-teacher Debbie Valette has been busy getting things back up and running with her excellent reading program for those kids that have fallen behind. Then again, it’s not as if she abandoned them during the summer either.
Debbie spent some valuable time with her students during the break, making sure that their new found love of reading didn’t disappear during the summer. Check out ‘Reading Lunch a success – Part 1’.
She got in touch this week to let us know that things are getting underway agian, with plans to take her class to see a play of their class-book, ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’. Read the rest of this entry »
A lot goes into establishing and running a great – and highly successful – after-school reading program for children with reading difficulties.
Last week we caught up with the Thailand art school project, run by Chatchada Kruakaew, for the first time in over 6 months. The travelling art program, which is designed to help children express themselves through art – especially those kids who have suffered a lot in the lives so far – is going from strength to strength.
It’s been a bit quiet of late on the Thailand art school project with the great Chatchada Kruakaew and her travelling art program. Area 3 last heard from her and her students just after the New Year when we received some great shots of the kids and their art.
Last week, teacher Debbie Valette took us through an interesting lunch date with some of her reading students and how the experience helped them hone their newly gained reading skills in the real world.
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