New Library in Use!

A few months ago I started a project of turning a piece of junk into a library at a small elementary school in a neighborhood with a lot of poverty. After months of planning and hard work, the library is finally open and being put into use :) It is currently summer here in Peru and school is out and so I have been teaching summer classes in our new library. The kids LOVE the space and so do I! It is a safe space for kids to work on their reading and critical thinking skills and they just love being there. We have hundreds of books and many educational games that the kids enjoy and are challenged by. I have about 15 kids who come to classes regularly. I would love to have more kids but the small space doesn't allow for that.

The library is close to being done but not completely finished. There are still about 50 more books to wrap in protective plastic before I can put them on the shelves, a few more educational posters to put on the walls, and a welcome sign to be painted on the front outside wall. After everything is totally finished, I will put up some before and after photos of the library. But this is what it currently looks like on the inside:

90% put together :)

Getting creative with play dough

Reading :)

Some of my older students helping me wrap the books in protective plastic.

One of my very inteligent 3 year old students putting together an advanced puzzle :)

I will share more before and after photos as soon as the library is totally put together :) In a few days I am headed to Ecuador to visit for a week! Photos of that to come soon as well!