The more students engage in learning about the children and country that will receive
their books, the more they will learn from the experience. You will decide how best to
integrate the KTKI program into your classroom curriculum depending on the subject
you teach and the age of your students. Document your KTKI project by taking photos
throughout the process!
Here are a few ideas:
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Create picture books using very basic concepts such as ABCs, 123s, colors, or
shapes. Very young students can each create one page to be combined into a
classroom book. Older students can create an entire book on their own. |
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Tell a short story with a picture book. Have the students write and illustrate a
short fictional story that has a beginning, middle, and end. Remember, it’s a
picture book, so use as few words as possible. |
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Incorporate writing skills into the creation of their picture book: Brainstorm, pre-write,
rough draft, edit, and final draft!!! |
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Work together by creating a book in small groups or one book for the entire class. |
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High School Students can make bilingual picture books in foreign language classes,
for a country where that language is spoken. |
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Older students can also raise money for shipping, or run educational supply drives. They can also bring
KTKI to the younger grades in their district, or help create presentations and
displays for KTKI exhibits. |
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Here is how one teacher introduced the KTKI Program to her students:
It began with a small article in Teaching Tolerance magazine, a little
description of a program – children making books for children
as a gift of friendship and peace. Initially I was intrigued and excited,
until other thoughts came to mind – these kids are in refugee
camps, war torn cities, famine-stricken communities, orphans, in need
of food, medical care. I laid aside the article. As I watched my students
and son over the course of several days, with their minds set free by
stories that revel in the color and magic of pictures, feeling nurtured
to imagine through books, new and deeper thoughts made to my mind. I
came to realize the “essentialness” of nurturing the spirit,
the power of the gift of a book and the power of creating something
that these children across the planet might need.
Read the entire story...
International Reading Association Article
Read how students work on KTKI projects in their classrooms...
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