Education 2023-2024
Education
From birth through the teenage years, the provision of age appropriate educational and developmental tools is crucial to an orphan's future success. Hope's Heart support endeavors to provide books, school tuitions, and developmental toys to promote stimulation, learning and growth for orphans of all ages.
2023-2024 Children Served
Schooling
Contributing to the physical, social and cognitive growth of children through sponsorship for public school attendance or schooling within the orphanage for students who are unable to attend school locally.
Developmental Tools
Supporting endeavors to provide books, school supplies and developmental toys to promote stimulation, learning and growth for orphans of all ages.
2024 Children Served
Welcome to School 2024
January 2024- Continuing to prepare children for life, Hope's Heart extends the sponsorship of 13 visually impaired children and 10 Healing Home preschoolers into this new year. Thanks to our dedicated partners, these kids take the next steps in learning lessons to improve their lives both now and in the future.
In the visually impaired program: Alice, Georgie, Hayden, Hunter, Jaden, Kelly, Kenny, Leonardo, Luke, Mathew, Michael, Shirley and Simon.
In the preschool program: Avery, Beatrice, Elena, Harland, Macy, Jerome, Katrina, Kolby, Tessa and Tobias.
2023 Children Served
First Time in Preschool
November 2023- It is with great excitement that ten healing home children began their first ever attendance at preschool. Join us in welcoming Tessa, Katrina, Harland, Kolby, Jerome, Avery, Tobias, Macy, Elena
and Beatrice
to school!
The focus at this age is learning through games with a strong focus on having fun and making new friends. The social and academic skills that the children learn are so important to provide a solid foundation for the rest of their lives. The teachers report that the kids have been doing a good job of paying attention in class and overall, the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive.
Life Skills Camp: Investing in Teens' Future
August 2023- Although one week of camp cannot provide all the lessons the teens need to succeed in adulthood, Life Skills Camp is definitely a positive first step. Hope's Heart was honored to sponsor eight of the 34 teens, offering them a chance to learn critical life lessons that were a steppingstone in their preparation for life outside the orphanage.
The teens were taught relationship tools, positives and negatives of social media, financial and budgeting skills, navigating public transportation, and that they are valued and that their life matters.
Feedback from the students were very positive. Peter shared, "Summer camp will be the best memory of my life. Thank you for supporting me so I could learn so much." Scott shared, "I am so grateful for your sponsorship, which opened my eyes to the world." Stephen commented, "Thank you for your encouragement. I am extremely grateful for your sponsorship, which brought me so much joy that I had never experienced before."
What is the Classroom Focus?
May 2023- In addition to ongoing individualized training to learn new basic skills and master once that are continually reinforced, the focus for this season has been on 'Spring'. The children learned about changes in nature like trees and plants blooming and animals coming out of hibernation. They planted seeds and examined various sizes and shapes of seeds. More time was spent outdoor as winter comes to a close.
Individual focus is geared towards the ability of each student. A variety of skills are taught and reinforced like small and large motor development, navigating their way around the classroom and outside, getting along with others, climbing steps, going down a slide, and enjoying music and new foods.
August 2023- The theme this month was 'Busy Market'. The teachers transformed the classroom into a little market with several stalls selling different items like books, toys, fruit, and snacks. The children were given fake money and had the opportunity to purchase wares they selected from the stalls. They enjoyed exploring and purchasing.
November 2023- This month's theme was 'Touch Time'. The teachers spent the month helping the children get exposed to feeling different items and recognizing what they touch. This is an incredibly important skill for helping the children grow into independent visually impaired adults.
Welcome Simon
April 2023- Six-year-old Simon is our newest education sponsorship child. Simon can usually be seen close by his best friend, Georgie. His teachers say that Simon is a great little helper in the classroom.
What are the Children Learning?
January 2023- Learning is as diverse as the children themselves. Here is just a sampling of what they are experiencing:
- Small and large motor skills and hand coordination through play activities
- Muscle strengthening
- Self care, feeding of themselves, use of bathroom
- Navigating the classroom and outside activities
- Location of body parts, selection of clothing, and independent dressing
- Distinguishing of sounds
- Social interaction
- Walking with a cane. Walking independently. Jumping in place.
- Language development
- Music and singing
- Outdoor learning experiences, trees, flowers, leaves, seasons
- Clothing and textures
- Going up and down stairs
- Food prep, eating, utensils
- And on and on and on
Welcome to School 2023
January 2023- Twelve beautiful visually impaired children continue receiving schooling in 2023. The teachers focus corporately as well as individually on special areas as they train the children to gain independence, one lesson at a time, to help equip them for today and for their future.
Welcome back to school: Alice, Georgie, Hayden, Hunter, Jaden, Kelly, Kenny, Leonardo, Luke, Mathew, Michael,
and Shirley.
