Mentoring parents in engaging Kinder activities

The International Care Ministries has trained qualified volunteers to mentor parents in engaging with their Kindergarten children through fun educational activities. Children should be equipped with essential skills to be ready for formal education and parents are empowered with the skills to strengthen positive engagement with their children.

The Department of Education has partnered with the International Care Ministries (ICM) to assist parents of learners, especially in Kindergarten, on a better understanding of the modules provided by their schools.

The role of parents in the new normal education cannot be discounted, especially that distance learning is being implemented by the Department of Education.

ICM highlighted its Two-Generation approach where the adults are being taught primary lessons and skills in values, health, livelihood, and parenthood while advocating nutrition, health, and the education of children to benefit the two generations in having a better future.

This initiative will help both parents and learners in studying the self-learning modules provided, DepEd officials said.

Today in this time of pandemic, parents who are able to provide, assist, and facilitate learning at home have a better advantage of making learning happen. Knowing the importance, ICM has stepped into providing opportunities in parents to learning and acquiring best knowledge on how to manage the young learners, officials said.

Through this partnership, the Department expressed its intention and openness to work side by side with ICM in providing help, inspiring hope and creating change for families living in extreme poverty in the different areas across the country. *****

The author is Teacher III at Tinang Elementary School, Concepcion North District