Oct 2006 update

Oct 7- Ambica alone conducted the assessments for the two previous sessions - Flower and the Bee & tails

Oct 14- Attended two meetings - Hippocampus Feedback meeting, DSF school coordinators meet.

Oct 14 Hippocampus Review meeting:
The moderator tried to collect the positives & Concerns of Hippocampus Reading program.

Positives:
1. The manual gives the flexibility in preparation for the volunteer to show his / her creativity

2. With fluency,conducting the sesions becomes easier.

3. Judging the material and upgrading it according to the level of the children is possible.

Concerns:
1. How to balance between academic - fun?
Ans: Can learning not be fun? Yes

2. Girls and Boys pairing

Suggestions:

Peer pairing - kids who read better can pair up with slow learning kids.

Using more of visuals - to reach the kids

Dictionary - is quite successful

Jumbled sentences were also interesting to the kids.

Questions:

Assessments- Were they too tough?

PS: Met a person in the review meeting, associated with a
organisation called Unnati, giving vocational training
in Retail sales and Tailoring. Tel : 25204439.
Job assured. Salary in FoodWorld or so 2.5k.
Next House maid training.