Children needing to get extra help with reading will get to be a creature teacher. This will be a fun learning experience. Children show different animals how to read with a volunteer standing by to help out when needed.
Depending on their reading level this workshop provides children with the opportunity to listen and interact with a story or read aloud to animals, helping to improve a child's reading skills and self confidence.
Reading improves language and learning abilities and provides opportunities for physical development. and future love of books. The simple act of turning the pages of a book helps to strengthen motor skills. Reading is important to a child's development and is a big factor in shaping their education. It also stimulates eye muscles and affects chemistry of the body by utilizing the brain.
At its most basic level, humane education is about learning to care about the animals in our homes and communities. It is about fostering kindness, respect, and empathy for both human and animals, it’s also about looking after the environment and its diverse habitats. Children will be learning about different kinds of animals, learning how to care for them, how to approach them and how to prevent being attacked by them.
Read to Feed is both a reading motivational and a unique educational opportunity. In addition to the reading component, students learn about different cultures and the importance of food security throughout the world. It also provides a way for children to become actively involved and personally make a difference.
Theothersideofthefence.org has come in contact with Heifer International,
www.heifer.org the developers of Read to Feed, a reading incentive program that pairs a love of reading with global education. Read to Feed is a practical tool that empowers children to set off a chain reaction of positive change throughout the world. Through Reed to Feed, you can say to your children "This is what the world can look like -a world were no one is hungry and everyone is healthy - and this is how we can get there together."
This Reading Motivation / Service Learning Program inspires children to read more books for pleasure, while raising money to build a local animal shelter and to help end world hunger and improve the environment. Children will get sponsors for the books they read. Developed with the highly acclaimed Center for Teaching International Relations, University of Denver, this resource provides fun and educational activities to interest and inspire children while teaching them about important global issues at the same time. In the service - learning part of the progam, the children decide which animals they would like to symbolically 'purchase' for struggling families. Then they get a sponsor. The more books they read and time they spend on their curriculum, the more money they are able to raise. At the end of the program the money is 'pooled' together and divided - 90% going to The Other Side of the Fence {45% to help build room for educational workshops, 30% goes toward providing care for homeless animals, 15% goes toward spay/neuter program} and 10% going to Heifer International to help struggling families around the world to become more self-sufficient. This program provides the opportunity to discuss important issues such as
- Goal Setting
-Nutrition
-Gender Equity
-Self-Reliance
-Accountability
-Improving the Environment
Over the 6 week program the children who are enrolled in this program discuss issues surrounding world hunger and animal welfare issues, (such as the dangers of approaching familiar and unfamiliar pets, and the importance of spay and neuter) earn pledges from family, friends, and community members for the number of books they read and amount of time spent working on their curriculum. At the conclusion of the program, sponsors will make their donations to theothersideofthefence.org which will help us accomplish our goal of providing animal welfare related resources including an animal shelter and to help Heifer International provide food- and income-producing farm animals, and training in their care, for hungry families around the world.
Since 1944, Heifer International has helped over 4.5 million families become self-reliant through gifts of livestock. Every family that receives an animal passes on the gift of its offspring to another family in need.
The Read to Feed program is anticipated to involve 100,000 children in the U. S. and Canada over the next year. For free materials and information regarding the program, visit www.readtofeed.org
SOME MAY NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO HELP THE CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY SUCCEED, PLEASE SPONSOR A CHILD. Many children in our community are having problems reading and need a pl ace to learn about important issues. Lets help our children take more responsible and active roles in our society!
Chores for Change is a program of service and learning. Participants in the Chores for Change program volunteer time working at On The Other Side of the Fence, doing things such as collecting food for a holiday food drive or passing out the food collected. The first-hand experience of confronting hunger issues in the community teaches lifelong lessons about hunger and how to help eliminate this common tragedy. Other activities include fundraising for spay/neuter program and helping with our Read to Feed program. Spending time learning about animals, their roles in life and human responsibility will lead to future generations being more responsible with their pets.
Each participant also recruits sponsors to pledge donations for time spent in volunteer activities. When the Chores for Change program ends, participants collect the donations which will be divided between On The Other Side of the Fence receiving 90% to On The Other Side of the Fence {45% to help build room for educational workshops, 30% goes toward providing care for homeless animals, 15% goes toward spay/neuter program} and the remaining 10% will be sent to Heifer International to help fight world hunger. The first-hand experience of raising money to help people and animals in need internationally teaches important lessons about world hunger and our global community.
Chores for Change, a program offered through Heifer's community education outreach, is designed for all ages, anyone is welcome to participate.
Chores for Change provides a meaningful service learning experience of fighting world hunger.
What is GET IT! ? GET IT!®: Global Education To Improve Tomorrow is a curriculum-based global education and service learning program that teaches students and volunteers about sustainable solutions to end world hunger and poverty.
The GET IT! curriculum engages students as investigative journalists to research, write about, and act on issues surrounding consumer choices and international trade. Students learn how to ask questions, think critically, and communicate what they learn. By writing and circulating stories based on their research, students get hands-on experience in spreading awareness about consumer issues. GET IT! alumni are prepared to be proactive global citizens. The program goes hand-in-hand with Chores for Change, another of Heifer International's educational outreach programs. Offered through Heifer's community education outreach, GET IT! is designed for middle school and high school students.
