Bibliotherapy Mini-Workshop (1 of 3)

The mini-workshop on Bibliotherapy pushed through last Saturday and Sunday, January 24 and 25, 2020 respectively. The Saturday workshop as held at the Conference Room of OMF Literature Book Shop in Mandaluyong while the Sunday workshop was held at Nook Coworking Studio in Alabang. The workshop is in preparation for the humanitarian activities of volunteers in the evacuation centers in Batangas. 

As of writing, Phivolcs has lowered the alert level of Taal volcano to Alert Level 3. Many evacuees have returned to their hometowns but there are still operational evacuation centers. The rebuilding and the rehabilitation process begins. Art and bibliotherapy sessions are needed all the more.

At the Sunday workshop in Nook, my college professor, Prof. Miguel ”Mike” Cobaria, came by and joined in the fun and shared his wisdom and insights. 

Here is his post on Facebook about our event.

Thank YOU LORD for the sucess of the Bibliotheraphy Session conducted by Ms.

Zarah Gagatiga at The NOOK, Molito, Las Pinas (Jan. 26, 2020). A special kind of learning in preparation for a special service delivery for TAAL victims in the near future as arrangements are being made (presumably San Juan,  Batangas and Dasmarinas, Cavite.)

Ma'am Zarah Gagatiga's lecture / workshop was so engaging  enlighthening and interesting that the entire group participants would seem to clamor for more. Wowo affirms that GOD will bless the project that many displaced and distressed children affected by Taal incident would be rendered bibliotherapy services.

To GOD alone be ths glory as HE prospers the project  as volunteers would feel that it would be monitored continously as an extension service that would  run for some time for follow-up and assestment.

TO GOD ALONE, BE ALL THE GLORY !

I will be posting more insights by participants in the coming days!

One on One Reading Aloud and Storytelling Workshop

I had a wonderful time sharing stories and swapping teaching adventures with Yvette Solina Salish at Nook in Molito. Yvette is a teacher in Erbil, Iraq. She teaches Math in Primary Years Program of the International Baccalaureate in the school. Home for vacation, she thought of taking stock on her teaching pedagogy. 

Big thanks to her sister, Bernadettte Solina Wolf who connected us. Our four hour session stretched to six hours. Almost the entire day, really. And thanks to the peeps in Nook as they warmly accommodated us with a whole day pass for our first visit. That’s good customer service!

This is my favorite nook in Nook. If you know me well, you know why. 😉

As this was my first tutorial for a reading aloud and storytelling workshop, I didn’t know how it woluld work. It did end well! 

 Yvette and I will definitely meet again, get in touch online and keep the learning connections active. She found the materials I used as enlightening and the input session valuable addition to her skill set in teaching primary students. She hopes to be more confident in reading aloud and telling stories to her students. In the end our session, I gave her these tips, baon, as I call it to bring with her back to Erbil.

On Messenger she sent me this message afew hours after our session. 

“Thanks too for teaching and inspiring me to read aloud and do storytelling! I’m amazed by how well you do it. I hope I can reach up to your level of ease in the future! I can’t wait to try all of your techniques! Take care and keep in touch! 😊🤗😘”

My reply to her was this:

“Go! You will grow into it. Start by investing on good books for kids. Develop your own selection criteria. Read the books aloud to your family. Plan your pre, during and post reading activities. Practice. Evaluate yourself. Listen to your students too. You will learn from them too!”

I am having a productive summer!