TFABB (Teacher’s for a Better Belize) contacted me to come to Laguna! Well really it was Mica a RPCV from Punta Gorda, Toledo District, Belize. She asked me if she could bring University students and TFABB to Laguna Village. I was so excited because what I requested from them was to put on a Workshop for my preschool parents the topic was on the importance of preschool. TFABB said yes they would put on the workshop!
When TFABB and the University students arrived from Texas I had the TEA guest house give them a tour of the village (it cost more than expected… 4 belize dollars per person for an hour tour.)
After the tour they put on a workshop for my preschoolers parents. Many of the preschool parents of Laguna don’t want to send their children to school. So we discussed the challenges of having a preschool in Laguna.
Some of the challenges are: not wanting to send their children to school and trusting the teachers (Laguna volunteers) with their children.
Other things discussed are the benefits of going to preschool:
Agenda:
1. Questions and concerns about preschool.
2. Why preschool is important.
3. What activities you will see in preschool.
4. Make and take play dough.
Social/emotional development:
The 3rd year
- Willing to be apart from parents
- Enjoying playing with others
- Start to take turn and share
- Need help knowing what is real and what is fantasy
- Begin to work out minor issues with friends
The 4th year
- Enjoy friends and want to please them.
- Understand what is real and what is make-believe (fantasy)
- Need to be taught the difference between accidents, misbehavior and then difference between bad behavior and a bad person.
When children pretend play they learn to…
- Know rules
- Interact with others
- Work cooperatively
- Practice chores
- Help each other
- Make choices
- Share
- Speak clearly
When children work with their hands…
- Discover different textures
- Express self creatively
- Develop fine motor skills
- Use tools to help
- Practice self-help skills
- Understand measurements
- Use senses to discover
- Develop coordination
When Children do puzzles:
- Learn vocabulary
- Make decisions
- Classify objects
- Discover, shape, line, texture
- Compare objects
- Develop motor skills
- Know letters of alphabet
- Practice self-help skills
- Experience counting
Math for Preschoolers
- Counting-is the reciting of numbers in order.
- Numerical recognition- is the ability to match numbers with their name.
- Patterning-is the ability to create a rhythm or repeating a sequence.
- Compare/contrast-understanding concept of “big and little,” “many and few,” “more than and less than,” and “heavy and light.”
- Sequence/ordering- putting things in order (eg. Smallest to largest, first to last).
Parents enjoyed making books and play dough! I was very pleased with the workshop. Thanks TFABB!!!
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