Monday, February 28, 2022

144 Learning Spaces with The Colouring Book and Bags of Books

 


GOAL - 144 Learning Spaces across 12 countries across 6 continents by June 30th



GOAL - 144 local versions of The Colouring Book created by groups of 12 or more in 144 Learning Spaces linked from The Colouring Book Connecting Continents here, through the 144 people below, by Dec 31st ...


GOAL - 100 Micro Libraries in each of Kakuma Camp, Kenya and Nakivale Camp, Uganda each with 10 Bags of 10 Books - 100 books per Micro Library, offering a program of 1 hour per day for ten kids for ten hours per day. So 1 hour reading per day for 100 kids per library, so 1000 kids in all. ( and 1,000 books cost 5,000 dollars. For 1000 kids to read )





Sunday, February 27, 2022

Box of Books

 



12 books in a bag 

12 kids in a group, with parents, 

6 parents reading and playing with the books the other 6 resting, drinking coffee or co-working 

12 euros / dollars per hour to participate

12 x 40 minutes sessions in a day across 12 hours

12 groups in proximity

144 kids per hour reading for 40 minutes

12 x 144 in a day, from just 144 books in 12 venues. its not a library, so laughing is encouraged. its not school, its with parents, well half of the parents. It is fee based, to pay for the books, a facilitator/organiser and to see fund the next 12 bas, locally or across the world :-) 

Here is a picture or two from yesterday, the most recent pilot, building and refining the offer. Looking to run sessions in Mariahilf on Monday and Tuesday afternoons for 3 weeks in March

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update: Proposing - Micro Libraries in Kakuma Camp based at a Micro School and a wifi Happiness Hotspot. Each Micro School has a Micro Co-Working space and Micro MakerSpace attached , where Alumni can enter apprentice programs and learn a trade or profession. There is perhaps later a nursery for babies, and a locally built playground for kids.

re: The Box of Books containing 10 Bags of Books. Is it possible to bring 10,000 books to Kakuma Camp, 10 to each of the 1,000 Micro Libraries? Assuming 5 dollars per book, thats 50,000 dollars for 10,000 books. Each Micro Library offers 1 hour per day with books for 100 kids, so reaching 100,000 kids. 

Perhaps possible to get 100 books today from the library in Kakuma that limits entrance to 20 kids, and reach another 1,000 kids tomorrow!



Wednesday, February 23, 2022

"Ilvie Little plays baseball 5 at The Innovation School in Nakivale Camp, Uganda"

 

 working now on - "Ilvie Little plays baseball 5 at The Innovation School in Nakivale Camp, Uganda"


first draft in pdf, and the alternative version ( ask for pdf please ) 


Picture credit: Nettle Petz - “Little Timmy's First Base”

Colour it in here above 

Copy it on the page opposite and colour that too :-) 





TOM DISCOVERS BASEBALL TRANSLATION

“Take me out to the ballgame…” Tom opened up his eyes surprisedly. The radio alarm turned on and played an unknown song. Where was he? He looked around the room, and the memory came back. Yesterday he flew from Austria to JFK airport to visit his aunt and her family for an American vacation.

Tom was now wide awake; it was his first time visiting his aunt in America! He got up and walked to the window where he had a gorgeous view of a big park where there were amazingly tons of people out and about. It was unbelievable that so much was going on outside at eight o’clock in the morning. Tom got ready and went downstairs. He could hear some friendly voices, and it smelled like food. At that moment, he realized how hungry he was.

He went into the kitchen, said good morning to his cousins Ben and Sophie, and they immediately began bombarding him with questions, “How did you sleep? How was the flight?” Aunt Elly and Uncle Matty settled the kids down and told them that they needed to give Tom some time since he was surely still tired from the trip. Tom was still a bit overwhelmed from the traveling, especially since he came alone. His parents were not coming for another two weeks, and they would take a family vacation together. Tom sat down at the table, and his aunt asked him what he would like to have for breakfast. His uncle was standing by the stove and making pancakes. Tom always wanted to try them, so he ordered a traditional American breakfast: pancakes with maple syrup! The kids were so excited because it was the first time that their cousin from Austria had visited. They had already been to Vienna, but Tom had never been in New Jersey.

“You chose the best day ever to come and visit us,” Sophie said excitedly to him as she was clapping her hands.

“Why?” Tom asked.

“Because today is a very special day here in America!”

“Yeaaaaa, today is the fourth of July!” Ben interrupted.

“OK, and what is on the fourth of July?”

“It’s definitely a day like no other, I can promise you that, Tom!” Ben smiled. “That’s what I figured, but what exactly happens on the fourth of July here in America?” “It’s our national holiday, it’s Independence Day!” Sophie said proudly.

“Aaaah, is that why there are so many people out and about?”

“Yes, of course, and I can guarantee that you will have the time of your life, we have so much planned for you,” Uncle Matty winked from the kitchen.

Tom started to get excited. Aunt Elly brought over the finished pancakes, and the kids started to eat. By the end of breakfast, Tom knew quite a bit more about the national holiday, mainly that July 4th, 1776 was the day that the Declaration of Independence was signed. Americans call their national holiday, “Independence Day” or simply the “4th of July”. “But who was America independent from?”

The first thirteen states had been British colonies up until that point. They were under the control of the British crown, had to pay British taxes and were considered British citizens. However the settlers did not want that anymore. In fact, they left Europe in order to make decisions for themselves and to live as free citizens in a free country, and that is why they

fought against the English until they ultimately gained their independence. It was amazing that Tom had learned so much about America after only being there for a few hours!

( 10 more pages to follow )







Ilvie Little plays Baseball5 at The Innovation School in Uganda 


A short story based on the characters from www.ilvielittle.com written by Susanne Stemmer in collaboration with various authors and baseball players seeking to promote baseball5 as a sport for all. 


https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanne-stemmer-4799081b/


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SUSANNE STEMMER

SUSANNE STEMMER  

PHOTOGRAPHER, DIRECTOR & KID'S BOOKS AUTHOR CEO at Ilvie Little & Friends Publishing



“One day, as Ilvie was sitting in her ….


To be continued…



 





Tuesday, February 22, 2022

English For Adults Program at The Innovation School

 

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