Description

Reading can be fun and challenging with the Mamaestra StoryBook Program.

We have created a challenge of 20 small readings to create a habit in bilingual reading. The importance of a bilingual reading habit in diverse cities like San Francisco, as it opens up the mind to new experiences, and new cultures and provides new avenues of knowledge. But overall, our products wake up the importance to read in another language.

WHY: How Do Bilingual Reading Skills Work?

For the Mamaestra program Repetition and reproduction of the language are key to developing your skills, so the more you read, the more you’ll notice specific phrases and grammatical structures tend to crop up frequently. The act of reading increases familiarity and ensures that words become ingrained in the brain. PLUS the mini-book craft gives a positive plus to our children to integrate art and creativity. Due to the fact that bilingual books provide sentences, context, and intentions in both languages, children and adults can see similarities between words and can compare/learn sentence structure, making them more eager to practice their newfound literacy skills in a second language.

You (all) can improve your writing and speaking skills by reading. We invite kids to read for fun and we welcome them to read in a second language as a challenge (Retobilinguismo). Some vocabulary will be introduced in the target language. There is no expectation from the reader here and you can understand the meaning of words through context. Critical reading can be applied here to help the participants to analyze and question the assumptions in the text. It enables you to arrive at your own conclusions.

A description of the course,

• We will meet twice a week. In our session, we will review vocabulary, sing a song using the vocabulary we learned, read, and create a draft of the mini-book.
• We will meet online or under a tent in the park.
• The book can be purchased on Amazon by parents.
• A full color copy of the storybooks will be provided by us.
• There will be 5 children in each group.

The books from this collection are:

• About myself – Mi Escuela Diversa
• My face – El Mundo Mágico de mi Cara
• My body – La Muñeca de María
• Family – Greetings – Carlitos Saluda
• My family – ¿Quién es?
• School – Colors – El Hada Arcoíris
• Shapes – Las Cuatro Islas
• My backpack – Vamos a la Escuela
• House – My house- La Casa al Revés
• My toys – Juguetes Abandonados
• My pets – Colita, La Mascota de Anita
• Food – Food – El Desayuno de Dioses
• Cecilia no Quiere Almorzar
• Vamos a cocinar
• Fruits – El Planeta de las Frutas
• Community – Places – Las Gemelas del Barrio
• The zoo – El Gran Alboroto
• The farm – La Granja del Abuelo
• Professions – El Pueblo Trabajador

NOTE

If you are a teacher, NGO, Community Leader, Park Director, Entrepreneur related with education, children.

Mamaestra opens a program for FREE readings in Schools, Parks, NGOs that work with children, Families, Groups, Neighborhoods; and, of course, we want to reach South America (for the moment). We also have a program for bilingual families.

• Explore this page if you are an international Teacher.
• If you are a mom who would like to have a kid reading Spanish.
• If you are a school director and you want the Mamaestra visits you.
• If you are an NGO and you work with kids.