Using the Library - What Fun!

For the past month I have been spending time at Colegio Galilea teaching the teachers and students about the library.  Right now the library is super tiny, but it is a beginning and some books are better than no books at all.  

As an educator, it was difficult to understand how the students could receive a full and complete education without a library.  I know they can do research on the internet (that is if they have access to a computer and then the internet)…but to hold a book; turn its pages; read its words; look at its pictures; choose what to read and what to pass by…this is a vital part of an education. 

So, today I got to spend an hour with the grade 2 class, teaching them about books in general and then how to use an encyclopedia.  What a joy!  Our task was to “hunt” for an animal in our encyclopaedias.  We had great fun discovering all of the wonderful things that each volume of the encyclopedia contains.  They were so fascinated with all that they saw, it was difficult for them to choose just one thing to focus on. 

By the end of the hour, all the students had completed their assignment, but more importantly, they had discovered how much fun looking through a book can be. 

I hope to have many more opportunities to teach staff and students alike and pray that as the year passes, the library will grow and become a vital part of every student’s education at Colegio Galilea. 

If you share my love for books and reading and would like to contribute to the library, you can do so by either sending books (Spanish) with a group who is coming our way or by giving a financial donation to purchase books here.  Message me and I can give you the details on how to help grow the library.