Literacy Programs
Training Teachers
At a school for young indigenous women, Child Aid’s Guatemalan program associate Norma Guzman is teaching two classes in literacy education. Many of the women who attend these classes will return to their rural villages and become teachers in and for their own community.
Larger training sessions are also held during the course of the year. These sessions are organized to help existing teachers build active reading skills that can be incorporated into their classrooms.
Adventures in Reading – Libraries host vacation reading programs for children of varying ages. The programs build youth-oriented projects around the stories that the children are reading.
Star Readers Program – During the course of the school year students are given Passports to Reading. These are learning tools that help the children keep track of each book they have read. Their progress is also displayed in the classroom and rewarded with prizes and public recognition.
Reading Hours – Reading Hours is a program where librarians visit the classroom, or children visit the library. When the students and librarians meet, the children are engaged in active programs that introduce the joy of reading. The Reading Hours program is designed to get kids excited about reading, while at the same time introducing the library and librarian as resources.
