"Participating is Learning" is an initiative that offers parents and caregivers of children between 3 and 8 years old, actions to keep in mind when carrying out the learning experiences sent to them from the school or kindergarten. Promoting autonomy, generating adequate environments, celebrating achievements and avoiding frustration are some of the tips that can be seen on TV Educa Chile.
The health context has kept most of Chile's most of Chile's schools without classes and, in this scenario, mothers, fathers and caregivers have and, faced with this scenario, mothers, fathers and caregivers have had to take on a stronger role as co-educators of their children, supporting them in their the role of co-educators of their children, supporting them in their education process, especially in the especially in developing the learning experiences they send from their schools. from their educational establishments.
For many people, this can be one of the most can be one of the most difficult times of the day, either because of the limited time available or because they can't time available or for not being able to understand the activities sent to them from school or kindergarten. from the school or kindergarten. To help in this regard, Fundación Educacional Oportunidad's Fundación Educacional Oportunidad, which collaborates with the educational teams of 156 municipal schools, has educational teams of 156 municipal schools, designed a campaign called "At Home or at School: Participate at home or at school: To Participate is to Learn", which provides -through short videos- 8 videos - 8 practical tips to consider when facing this situation. this situation.
These capsules, broadcasted on TV Educa Chile in the 10:00 p.m. block, deal with topics such as the importance of empowering importance of empowering children's autonomy, how to generate an appropriate environment, celebrate the right environment, celebrating achievements, avoiding frustration, explaining the steps of the the steps of the activities and anticipate what they are about, create a weekly calendar and ask for help from the and ask for help from the school when there are difficulties that adults cannot solve. adults cannot solve.
The head of the Assistance program of Fundación Educacional Oportunidad, Yanira Aleé, said that with this campaign "we campaign "we set out to provide concrete tools to support to support families in this new role as mediators in the development of pedagogical development of pedagogical activities, since we know that this is a complex time in many complex in many areas and not having clear guidelines can generate a new stress factor in the group. a new stress factor in the family group".
For her part, educator Mary Muñoz Verdugo Mary Muñoz Verdugo from the San Pedro de Alcántara school in Paredones, O'Higgins region, O'Higgins region, who used these videos to send them to the families via Whatsapp, explained that "the children have been through Whatsapp, explained that "the children have been very motivated to participate in the activities. to participate in the activities. It has been explained to them that whether at home or in school they participate in order to learn. This way of learning is new for them for them, and also for us, but thanks to this campaign we have been motivated and it has been very and it has been very useful".
Campaign videos are also available for families to are also available for families to review in detail at www.oportunidadenlinea.cl/participar-es-aprender/. They have also been disseminated by the international platform AprendoEnCasa.org. Those educational teams interested in having these capsules to share with their parents and guardians can send an e-mail to can send an email to contacto@fundacionoportunidad.cl to request them in light format.
Conversation "How to support children to do activities at home". children to carry out activities at home".
To close the campaign "Participate is Learn" campaign, Fundación Educacional Oportunidad invites all families interested in learning more about the families of children between 3 and 8 years old interested in learning more about how to support their children's school how to support their children in school activities in these times of pandemic, to participate in a to participate in an entertaining online discussion, which will be hosted by journalist Soledad Onetto. by journalist Soledad Onetto.
In this instance, the journalist will journalist will talk with a kindergarten educator, a psychologist and a parent about the main psychologist and a parent about the main problems that families face when helping their children with their homework. families face when helping their children to do their homework.
The discussion will be held on Wednesday, June 23, at 3:30 p.m., and those who wish to participate can register at the following link: https://bit.ly/3puTKlb
