The Global Search for Education: Teaching Literacy – What Students Might Learn from Play

Posted By C. M. Rubin on May 21, 2019

“We use play because play is learning.” – Catalina Gonzalez Catalina González, founder and director of Literacy4all begins her story in Colombia. A young school teacher, Javier González-Quintero, was asked to send report cards for his students to their parents. Javier decided this would not work since very few of the children’s parents were able to read and write. So, he decided instead to meet with the parents in...