Yet another project
idea for working with women in the Casa Materna! Isabel from TEFL 60 shares
about her experience teaching the alphabet to women waiting to give birth…
I was fresh to site
and looking for ways to get involved in my community. I tapped my Health 58
site mate Melissa who worked at the Casa Materna and told her I would love to
put my interest in reading to use and do workshops with the pregnant women
about the importance of early childhood literacy and how to read aloud to their
kids.
There was a long pause
from Melissa. “Well, the problem is that most of the women don’t know how to
read themselves. Lots of women come in and can’t even write their name. So...”
