Annual Report 2014

STRENGTHENING THE PROPOSAL FOR RURAL SCHOOLS

with a library with attractive copies that stimulate their imagination while promoting the acquisition of new vocabulary. But it has particularly encouraged a taste for reading. When it is time to visit the library, the level 4 and 5 children crowd by the shelves to choose their book. Luján, a 5-year-old girl, reads “Una pindó” by Susana Olaondo, while someone listens to her and looks at the pictures of another children’s book. When it is time to leave, they ask the teacher if they can stay a bit longer: “we are going to read another one, teacher”. The students in 6th grade are motivated to read

“Children in fifth grade are capable of making a synthesis and critique of the book and then recommend their classmates to read it”, noted with pride Andrada, director of School N o . 16.

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