Dear Educators,
After planting the seeds for our
next curriculum with you in February, we're pleased to announce that The Good
Garden book and web-based resources will be sprouting this Fall. Read on for
more details and to find out how you can get involved. In addition, we are
happy to announce applications for two classroom scholarships for 2010-2011
year to implement Kojo's Academy, a 16-session financial literacy unit based on
stories of micro-entrepreneurs and real business building activities, with teacher
manuals and workbooks for each student.
New One Hen Book Club Supports United We Serve White House Initiative
First Lady Michelle Obama, recently, kicked off the United We Serve: Let's Read. Let's Move program that encourages children to read 5 books this summer to prevent summer learning loss. One Hen, Inc, and Kids Can Press are proud to support this initiative with the One Hen Book Club. Though the summer is drawing to an end, The One Hen Book club is continuing as one of our core programs. As a librarian and educator, we encourage you to start a One Hen Book Club. Click here to find a list of 5 must-read books for your children!
Fall Classroom Scholarships
Apply today for fall classroom scholarships for One Hen's Kojo's Academy Curriculum which teaches children about microfinance and entrepreneurship. In Kojo’s Academy children learn how business works and how transformation happens in a community through microfinance. They receive small loans to start jewelry making businesses and donate their profits to a charity of their choice.
Kojo's Academy Program Includes:
- 5 One Hen: How
One Small Loan Made A Big Difference books per classroom.
- 1 Kojo's
Market Teacher Resource Guide
- 25
Kojo's Market student workbooks (one per student)
- Materials
for children business project funds
- Pre
and Post evaluation surveys
- Online
teacher training from One Hen staff
(Click here for more information and application)
New Teachers and Librarians Tab
We've restructured our tab "For Teachers and Librarians" on the One Hen website
making it simpler for you to access our free lesson plans and e-learning
resources. Go to www.onehen.org and
click on the Teachers and Librarian tab, and explore One Hen resources
that you can integrate into your class curriculum, library time, after
school club or summer enrichment program.
Join the One Hen Network
One Hen's Educator Network is growing. Join educators around the world who are
implementing One Hen programs, and collaborate and share success stories,
new ideas and best practices. Sign up today at http://onehen.ning.com/
Good Garden Launching
We will be launching the first part of The Good Garden enrichment program
this September with the website www.thegoodgarden.org and Maria's Classroom, a collection of lessons and activities that you can integrate into your teaching. The new enrichment program is based on the most
recent book by One Hen author Katie Smith Milway, The Good Garden: How One
Family Went from Hunger to Having Enough, which will be in stores and
available at www.onehen.org on September 1. The program aims to raise kids' awareness
about the global problem of food security and how they can participate in
resource sharing and sustainable agriculture to help avert food crises.
Click here to preview and pre-order the book!
Click Here for a Brief Synopsis of The
Good Garden…
We are also currently developing Maria's Academy, a multi-session curriculum to go with
The Good Garden. If you have materials or resources you'd like to
contribute, we'd appreciate your creative lesson plans. Please contact
letters@onehen.org for more information.
Ways to participate in the Good Garden Project:
Our first Good Garden service project will be a National Food Drive. We are inviting students, classrooms and schools across the country to join forces to collect and donate food to a local food bank from September to December 2010. Registration will open September 1 on www.thegoodgarden.org. Click here for more details.
Other projects coming soon to engage your students:
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Build or adopt a community garden:
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Change for Change fundraising program for schools:
Email letters@onehen.org if you would like your school to be a pilot school to help develop these programs.
One Hen Reaches Over 2000 Students This Summer With BELL:
This summer over 2,000 students in five cities across the country--Boston, Detroit, NYC, Augusta, and Baltimore-will have the opportunity to develop the confidence and skills necessary to become entrepreneurs using "Kojo's" powerful message of micro-entrepreneurship. That's up from 100 BELL students last year! Click
here to see the Press Release.
Watch
One Hen's new video featuring students sharing their One Hen experience.
