Sep 12
Thank You Antioch Charter Academy!
Posted on Sunday, September 12, 2010 in Uncategorized
Gifts from Antioch Charter Academy 1
A special thank you to Edna Heller and Kathy Estrada for your donations to our Malawi Montessori Christian School. Dr. Maria Montessori believed that children had much to teach us adults. The generosity, sensitivity, and heart-felt response of our American children to the needs of the children in Malawi is inspiring. They have moved me to tears by pressing quarters and dollar bills in my hands and asking me to take it to Malawi. Over and over again, children give me their allowances and gifts for the kids in Malawi.
Thank you! Thank you to Mrs. Estrada and Mrs. Heller’s classes for the P.E. Equipment, money, flipflops, and original handmade books, etc.! We are excited about our penpal project and the focus on books for Malawi!
ACA 1 Authors & Illustrators
The kids at ACA 1 created reading and coloring books that correlate with the Montessori curriculum for our kids in Malawi! Ok, can I hear someone besides me say, “This totally rocks!” LITERACY! LITERACY WILL IMPACT A NATION! And the kids are leading the way!
Five Thematic Books Created
The five themes are: colors and shapes, five types of vertebretes, our planets, fruits and vegetables, and My Place in Space. My Place in Space teaches children who they are in the universe. Children learn who they are in space by learning their school, city, state, country, continent, solar system, and universe. Understanding their place in space and the importance of who they are in our world is essential in developing children focused on impacting our world.
Books for our youngest kids - 3-5 year olds
Thank you all! You kids are AWESOME!!! love, Ms. Maribeth
In Malawi, English is the language of academic achievement and the pathway to higher education and better employment. I believe it is our responsibility to give children what they need to develop intellectually and to give them access to a future of providing for their basic needs. All children. All children. All children are precious and important.
Our Malawian NGO and Ministry is staffed by young Malawian leaders who are committed to impacting their education system, one small step at a time.
I believe God has called us to establish a grassroots childrens’ book publishing company under Zikomo Yesu Enterprises Limited (NGO) as a way to impact the children of a town and as our third small business venture that will provide for our staff salaries and budget. Malawi to Malawi, with temporary, but necessary financial support, lots of prayers, and a great deal of encouragement from us here in the United States.
I am praying for the next Malawian author and illustrator to be identified through our effort! Please email me at maribeth@theocean.cc if you would like to help us with our effort!
Bring it on! love, maribeth
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