Activity: “What is it?” My first words in my first languages (age range: 4-8)

5. STEP 3 - Procedure

Instructions for practitioners/community center workers

Children may in cooperation with the community worker, or some invited guest who has language competences, complete the multilingual legend of the pictures. Another languages may be added, if children are interested.

 

In case the leporelo book will be published, it will include three windows on the low side of the picture. First window will include the language of the country of publishing, the two remaining will be empty, ready to be replenished after the translated terms will be filled by parents/caregivers online in the ISOTIS VLE. Alternatively the leporelo may be printed without domestic language = with three empty windows, the terms in domestic language may be pre-printed on stickers. The VLE should be able to produce stickers of the same format so parents/caregivers may produce their own and replenished the leporelo book. Each window should also include space for language identification (CZ or flag). Further, the three bigger windows for front page to stick “What is it?” in three languages should be prepared to be printed.


Presentation

It is important to acknowledge the work of families and community workers through some form of dignified and celebratory presentation of the results (ideally this should be announced at the beginning of the activity as a motivation to participate). If possible, the local authorities and partners of the maps creation process from the neighborhood should be invited to the ceremony. The size and nature of an event should be in coherence with usual community center operation. In case the results are of extraordinary quality they may be, after consultation with authors, used further (print in local media, presentation on the city quarter web page, etc.).