Managua, January 31st, 2009

Program1. Songs 2. Vocabulary3. Predicting 4. Reading Time:

“The Tortoise and the Hare”1. Comprehension Questions2. Whole Class Discussion3. Response in Drawing4. Refreshments

A new race is going to be held. The hare is going to compete with a deer. What do you think the hare will do this time? How will it prepare for the race this time?

So what happened?Well..., right before we got to the actual program for the day, Mr. Asdrubal Canelo involved the kids in a fun TPR activity. Great body and brain exercise!

The songs were fun and relaxing!

These were meant to relax the children, release the kid‘s energy and set them nicely for Reading

Time. Besides it made them see that the library is a fun place to be at.

Next, something that must never be forgotten in Reading Time: Vocabulary Build-up. This got students acquainted with the words they would later find in the story that was read.

Miss Rubenia Borge used movement and ellicited meaning from students so as to make the vocabulary memorable.

Now, what they‘ve all been waiting for – the story!

With the children comfortably gathered round her sitting on the floor and with awesome visuals behind her, Miss Francis Aguilar read the story of the Tortoise and the Hare to the children. In order to focus student attention on the story, she used intonation to indicate character personality and feelings plus some movement and sounds that resembled the sound of people when they sleep placidly, for example.

After an interesting whole group discussion about the virtues of the tortoise as compared to the hare and what the attitude of the tortoise should be now that it has won, the students got down to business and were able demonstrate that they actually comprehended the story by responding to it in a drawing.

The students were divided into groups of five or six children and drew the ammended attitude of the hare in a next week race with the deer!

Great team workers these girls!

Time to go!... But not without some refreshment, that‘s for

sure.

Refreshments!... Yummy

Other nice pictures to look at...