FRONT ROOM:  The Library!

 

  

The Head Teacher, Victor, made up some rules for the Library.  My favorite one is: “Books are Like Lovers, They need gentle handling”.

 
ROOMS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HOUSE:
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PLAYROOM                                                             
Originally we said the front room would be an office for our teachers however, the teachers asked to remain in the office and to allow the nursery to have two rooms.  We have found that this has been working extremely well!  We will be receiving more small children in January so I know the number of our preschool will grow.  Currently we only have 7 children in the Preschool
 
    
 
 
THE PRESCHOOL:
The preschool room has three centers defined:  Reading circle, Touch & Feel Center, & Alphabet & Numbers Center.

Each child now has his own blanket (hanging below under their names) and also their own napping mat.  Chewa & English words have been laminated and posted all around this room and the bathroom.  Special thanks to Ambassadors for Children, Robin & Phyllis Collins, Haley Blanchard, & Lari Long who put in MANY hours of love and labor for our New Preschool!

 
 
 

 
ROOMS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HOUSE

STUDY HALL/ READING ZONE:
This room was meant to be the computer room, however since we don’t have computers yet we are using it as the Study Hall/ Reading Zone.  The Children love all the laminated maps of all the continents, the sciences, math, and reading posters.  
 
 
 
 
Future Computer Lab:
We have received many book donations.  The books below is what we have left after taking what we need.  Most of these books are for Secondary school. We will be distributing them to schools soon.  The teachers have informed me that they use all the European and American books as Supplementary teaching aids, but they shared with me that they desire most to follow the schools syllabus.  They are making a list of these books. These are specifically for the Elementary classes and are sold here in Malawi.  


 
 
 
 I don’t know if you remember our existing garden that we expanded?  When walking into the front gate, the garden is in the far left corner.  Gracian had the tractor plow on the right side for more gardens!  The pictures are of the growth of the left side.


 
 
Security Guard Gate House
Gate houses are very common here.  The guards have a hole they can see through to see who is at the gate.  It can be dangerous for a guard if an intruder has a weapon and the guard opens the gate not knowing whose on the other side.  Also the gate house is great for the winter and the rainy season.  The guards are very thankful for these (one at the front gate and one at the back gate).  They also are very happy for the home we have provided for them (house #24) and the mattresses.  The roof is a bit damaged from a storm 2 years ago.  The whole roof was blown off and then reattached,  so we will be using some of the project money to fix it before the rainy season.