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great tools for raising children's
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Tested-and-proven
ways to stoke a love of reading in Caribbean kids!
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Hands
Across the Sea Board of Directors member Allegra Asplundh-Smith,
a former U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer on Dominica, has
created "Smiles of My People," an inspiring guide
(downloadable below) to raising literacy levels among
Eastern Caribbean children.
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Good intentions are not enough to
create a sustainable, high-functioning lending library in
a Caribbean school. Sending resources — even when the
resources are great books — is not enough. It takes passion,
dedication, and hard work on the ground, along with substantial
buy-in from school staff, parents, and members of the local
community to create a library and stoke a love of reading
that will flourish for years to come.
On this page you'll find tested-and-proven methods and materials
from education professionals and United States Peace Corps
Volunteers who have created sustainable, positive change in
Caribbean schools and communities. Part of Hands Across the
Sea's Caribbean Literacy and School Support
(CLASS) program involves utilizing these successful strategies
to raise the literacy levels of Caribbean children. Whether
you're a school principal or teacher, a Peace Corps volunteer,
or a concerned parent or community member who wants to improve
the reading and writing skills of Caribbean kids, we're certain
that you'll find something useful on this page.
Downloadable
Literacy Resources (PDF,
Microsoft Word, and Powerpoint formats)
Hands Across the Sea Primary School Library Manual
How to create an outstanding school library in seven steps
Compiled and written by Ina Howe,
former U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer
Make
It Happen at Your School! Here's How to Form a Library Team
and Organize the Space, the Books, the Check-Out System, the
Operation of the Library, and Prepare the Teachers, Students,
and Parents. This Manual Tells You Everything You Need to
Know to Create a Truly Great School Library!
Student Librarian Training
How to build student engagement with the school library
By Ina Howe, U.S. Peace
Corps Volunteer, Antigua
For School Staff:
Teacher Orientation to the Library
 Smiles
of My People How
to create libraries in Caribbean
primary schools that inspire young readers and poets
By Allegra Asplundh-Smith, Board of
Directors, Hands Across the Sea
Part
One: First Steps to Raising Literacy Levels
Part
Two: Anthology of Poetry
Part
Three: Poems by Caribbean Children
Part
Four: Sources and Credits
Sustainable Libraries in Caribbean
Schools
How to organize and replenish a school library
By Katherine Bowyer, U.S. Peace Corps
Volunteer, St. Lucia
Resources,
Organizing, Checkout System & Reading Incentives
How to Make Awesome Book Reports!
Here are three dozen cool templates to help students create
book reports that showcase all that can be learned from a
book:
elements of storytelling, plot, character, vocabulary, illustration,
and much more. Oh, yeah, and students will have fun doing
it!
From Allegra Asplundh-Smith,
Hands Across the Sea
View or print online:
Awesome Book Reports!
Awesome Library Labels
Kids will know just where to go with these 17 labels for your
library
shelves — everything from Science to Superheroes to Fairy
Tales.
From Allegra Asplundh-Smith,
Hands Across the Sea
View or print online:
Awesome Library Labels
ways you can work with Hands...
how to donate
Cash donations can be made through
a check made out to "Hands Across the Sea, Inc."
and mailed to Hands Across the Sea, Inc., 651 Orchard Street,
Suite 203, New Bedford, MA 02744.
Or you can donate via the secure PayPal interface on the Donate
to Hands page. If you have a specific school or project
you'd like to "adopt," please tell us in the Comments
section of the PayPal interface or on your check. You'll help
us fulfill the specific Wish
Lists of our recipients.
how to donate books to Hands
If you'd like to donate new and
nearly new books, please go to our Hands
Book Drop page or contact
us!
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please contact us!
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