The participants were Donnabel Jacoba, Darlene Sobremisana, Ma. Grace Rosete, Maria Catalan, Andrea Tabora, Belinda Acosta, Joy Secretario, Maria Karfelgad, Bella David, Jomelyn Cupatan and Joan Santos.
The first session was held at the same venue on Jan. 31.
The workshop aimed to help teachers and childcare providers present a story to children who are in pre-school and are still non-readers.
“Basically, what we presented is the story sharing framework from the Motheread program. It walks them through introducing a story, how to present a story, how to close the story to make it memorable to a child or a group of children that you are reading too,” Yobech said.
The goal, she added, is to “get the kids’ attention, challenging them to engage in higher level thinking skills, and helping the children make connections to things they already know — they walk away remembering it more and being able to apply it more.”
According to Deleon Guerrero, the workshop “is a basic story sharing program geared toward giving training to the teachers and childcare providers. We are allowing them the opportunity to recognize those skills that already are in them and enhancing these skills.”
The Teacheread program is a two-day, 12-hour workshop, which is a requirement for day-care providers.
Close to 200 teachers have already completed the workshop, which is sponsored by the Child Care Development Fund under the Department of Community and Cultural Affairs.
