Project to paint the school

In the middle of March, Josephina Dallaire, a Canadian arts teacher, initiated a project to paint a map of the world on the wall of the school in Longo Mai. To start with, some volunteers painted the outlines of countries and then the children searched on a map to find the corresponding countries, which they then painted, each in a different colour. Many of the children were surprised about the small size of Costa Rica as compared to other countries. Until then, many did not now exactly what the world looks like. This project was the idea of the school’s head teacher, Alvan Esquivela Urbina. His idea was to teach children geography in a fun way. Although this subject is part of the curriculum, the children only learn a little about the continents, the biggest countries and typical animals. Hence it was thought that the map could be used for geography lessons as well as the children learning simply by looking, as they pass by the map every day.

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