Family Literacy Day in Caracas

CIC students make the most of the school’s first Family Literacy Day (photo: CIC).

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Looking to revitalize an annual elementary school event? Wondering how to bring literacy to the fore? Look no further!

Last May, Colegio Internacional de Caracas (CIC), Venezuela explored these very same questions. Keeping up-to-date with innovative elementary school events is not the easiest thing to do these days. However, CIC pulled together its ideas and came up with Family Literacy Day. The final product? A day filled with literacy and fun for the entire family.

After months of planning and re-planning, the event fell into place. Our day opened with a choral reading and dramatic presentation from our littlest Bears in a rewritten composition of “Polar Bear, Polar Bear.”

Our two, three, and four year-old students stole the show, and the hearts of their parents, right from the beginning with their lively presentation and masks. The opening session continued with oral readings from our high school students, who volunteer their time to read to our elementary students.

Following the readings from our high school students, everyone enjoyed a teacher-inspired dramatic presentation entitled “Mama, Mama, me duele mucho la barriga!” Elementary school teachers and administration put on a show that everyone will surely remember.

Throughout the remainder of the day parents were invited to read to individual classes, and to participate in various literacy-based activities. One session showcased the many languages represented: parents read “Little Red Riding Hood” in their respective mother tongues. German, Greek, Chinese, English, French, and of course Spanish could be heard through the six listening stations spread across the library.

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04/23/2011 - Chelsi
Walking in the presence of giants here. Cool thkinnig all around!

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