My students range from 14-18 and many are learning English as a second language. Located in the sunny mission, every day teen moms and babies come to school. Young women can start at our school while they are expecting and continue after their baby is born. Students continue with their academic education as well as learn parenting skills, healthy baby strategies and useful community resources (including jobs and money management). Until 2014, there was no library at our school. Our library includes books and electronic resources for academics and a makerspace as well as books for little ones and teen pleasure reading.
Our students have very busy lives filled with school, homework, jobs and family responsibilities of caring full-time for an infant!
When they come to school, they are eager to learn both academic work, parenting skills and work-related skills.
My Project
Many of our teen moms speak only Spanish when they come to our school. They will enjoy reading Spanish language books with their little ones! These books have colorful pictures and concepts that young children need to learn like colors, shapes and numbers. In addition, some of the books are familiar stories that the children will enjoy.
As the young moms learn more English they can find these same stories to read in English to their children.
Reading with their child will encourage early literacy and will be a fun, happy time for each little one to share with their mom!
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