Better days with Monte and day-care workers for instructional software training

The introduction of ECCD's Early Childhood Learning Development Program for local kids was met with excitement by day-care workers, parents and barangay leaders who'd eventually pass official resolutions addressed to the governor requesting that their day-care centers be included in the program.

On the part of the IT-company, Pisces Publishing, Inc. that provided the instructional software programs and services, day-care workers had to undergo a basic computer literacy program.

Shown in these photos is an earlier batch of day-care workers during their training. Board member Leticia Monte took up the cudgels to explain to the day-care workers how the new technology could address the learning requirements of young children.

Monte enjoying the exercise. Instructional software programs for kids is a pioneering program of the provincial government.

Monte stressing a point during the training program.

The program for pre-school and kindergarten children is designed to teach them in an entertaining way with the use of lively animation, vivid videos and photos.

Teachers through these software products are provided with simple-to-use tools to diagnose, track and report on day-care children’s knowledge and progress.

The learning package was formulated to help children develop thinking skills, reading, listening and visual comprehension, analytical skills, grammar, spelling, pronunciation, memory development and problem-solving skills.

Trainings and purchases conducted in 2007, 2008, and 2009 for computer-aided instructions, computer aided lessons and applications CD-ROMS. Early recipients were forty-two of Marinduque's day-care centers.