Folk Wisdom for Growing Up Summer Workshop for Children (Lagro-Laha)
Dr Abe V Rotor
Dr Abe V Rotor
Living with Nature School on Blog [avrotor.blogspot.com]
Paaralang Bayan sa Himpapawid People's School on Air)with Ms Melly C Tenorio, 738 DZRB AM, 8 to 9 evening class, Monday to Friday
Features of the Summer Workshop
April 17 – May 13, 2013
1. Summer workshop for children of school age - 7 to 12
2. Recommended and sponsored by officers of Lagro homeowners Association
3. Class size: 25 to 30, preferably of equal gender
4. Venue and facilities: Laha Conference Hall, with working tables, blackboard,
proper ventilation. (Multi media and sound system, optional)
5. Attendance: ten sessions, three hours each, thrice a week; in addition field trip, exhibition of selected works, and graduation.
6. Class rules: same as in school, on grooming, attendance, performance
7. Recognition: Grading and ranking, citations, exhibit award.
8. Lessons in 6 parts or chapters (list below).
9. Teaching method: Lecture-demo, hands-on, team work, field lecture,
tutoring if needed.
10. Broadcast Link: 738 DZRB Paaralang Bayan sa Himpapawid, 8 to 9 evening class, Monday to Friday
11. Internet Link: avrotor.blogspot.com Living with Nature, School on Blog
12. Accreditation: Certificate of participation, UST Faculty of Arts & Letters faculty outreach program
13. Field lecture and on-the spot painting: La Mesa Eco Park
14. Special project: Exhibit of selected work, and graduation
15. Cooperating organizations: LAHA, LGU, UST, others
MWF 8 to11 AM, April 17 start of classes
2. Recommended and sponsored by officers of Lagro homeowners Association
3. Class size: 25 to 30, preferably of equal gender
4. Venue and facilities: Laha Conference Hall, with working tables, blackboard,
proper ventilation. (Multi media and sound system, optional)
5. Attendance: ten sessions, three hours each, thrice a week; in addition field trip, exhibition of selected works, and graduation.
6. Class rules: same as in school, on grooming, attendance, performance
7. Recognition: Grading and ranking, citations, exhibit award.
8. Lessons in 6 parts or chapters (list below).
9. Teaching method: Lecture-demo, hands-on, team work, field lecture,
tutoring if needed.
10. Broadcast Link: 738 DZRB Paaralang Bayan sa Himpapawid, 8 to 9 evening class, Monday to Friday
11. Internet Link: avrotor.blogspot.com Living with Nature, School on Blog
12. Accreditation: Certificate of participation, UST Faculty of Arts & Letters faculty outreach program
13. Field lecture and on-the spot painting: La Mesa Eco Park
14. Special project: Exhibit of selected work, and graduation
15. Cooperating organizations: LAHA, LGU, UST, others
MWF 8 to11 AM, April 17 start of classes
Background
Children
come every Sunday afternoon to the house in Lagro. At first there were six, then
two dozens - children ages 7 to 13 years
from the neighborhood. They call me Lolo Abe, their mentor.
They
are in the grades and in high school and they are intelligent. And they are a
happy lot. They like to come and want to know what I am doing with the
microscope, how I mix colors and paint on canvas, play the violin, feed the
fish in the aquarium. Or visit an mongrel dog I gave a home.
We
meet under a covered front yard and under the trees. It is sort of extension
class. Lessons were compiled and became a source book. It has six chapters with thirty articles.
1.
Keeping Tradition Alive
2. Appreciating Nature’s Beauty and Bounty
3.
Building
Good Health and Lifestyle
4. Developing Practical Skills and Self-Reliance
5.
Tapping
Talents in the Humanities
6. Emulating Models of Greatness
Some
have attended as many as 12 sessions, three hours each. They started talking about school projects,
home remedies, and things about growing up – or at least, not cartoon characters,
computer games, or frequenting the malls. But what happens after?
The
lessons are taken up on Paaralang Bayan sa Himpapawid hosted by
Ms Melly C Tenorio and myself as the instructor. The program is linked up with
School on Blog [avrotor.blogspot.com], broadcast simultaneously every 8 to 9 in
the evening, Monday to Friday on 738 DZRB AM.
The
children simply open the Blog and read the lessons. They can download and print
them. New lessons are posted regularly to keep the program going. They join the
viewers on the Internet (500,000 pageviews to date), and the audience of the radio program. On PBS and Bureau of
Broadcast network nationwide and on [www.pbs.gov.ph]
worldwide
Learning
can be simplified with today’s technology and vast networking. Education can be
made available to everyone. Lessons
become practical, literacy functional with the least cost. Let us start with
the kids in the neighborhood. ~
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