•    Children learn island customs while playing


“Play is one of the best tools to stimulate learning; this is why the Secretariat of Education launched the ‘Recreational Adventure’. A new pedagogical strategy designed to strengthen the skills of children, mainly, those belonging to the most vulnerable sector of our department, where we want to go with great impact to build a more equitable society”, as noted by the Secretary of Education, Silvanus Henry Bent.

The Recreational Adventure is an initiative that promotes island’s oral tradition based on the creation of stories in which children participate through interpretations.

“This process goes on until December, and the great news is that it was proposed by the children, thanks to the process we have been working on with them. We have given them different topics to develop and they chose to learn more about traditions of the department. This is a positive indicator and reflects that the children are taking advantage of these learning programs while they play”, as stated by Diana Cadena, coordinator of the initiative.

Under the motto ‘Jugando a aprender Jugando’ the Naves Play Center in San Andres it’s a space for creative and transforming expression, which offers services and relevant programs to children between 0 and 17 years of age.

Weekly in San Andres around 800 children are cared for under the ‘Niños en proceso’ strategy, and on weekends the Play Center go to the most needy neighborhoods through the ‘Ludoteca Viajera’ strategy with its games carousel, social support and learning processes, offering improvement opportunities in the quality of life of the children of the department.

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