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I am a special educator who has recently relocated to Manila. One of my goals for this year is learn more about early childhood education and special education in the Philippines. I have been visiting schools and therapy centers (among others) and providing info here about them. I do not aim to endorse these different centers/schools, but my intention is to provide information in case some people are interested in learning more about them.

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

The Beacon School

I went to visit The Beacon School on Chino Roces Ext. in Makati today and got to go around some of the classrooms and take pictures of the facilities...



I loved that they made the boxes into a house, a church and airplanes! 


That's right!  "...unless the girls alow (sic) us to go in ther (sic) house!"


church


play area


dramatic play area


manipulatives and puzzles


drying rack/shelves courtesy of their in-house carpenter


Love this map, complete with buildings and structures!


science station with magnets


teacher made see-through frames with acetate pages and colored cellophane


picture schedule


job chart


structures and toys with the kids' names to 'save' the toys/structures for later, I guess


the tape divides the shelf nicely into areas for when the kids put the materials away


art gallery for the upper grades


more art and projects!


a children's book about a child with dyslexia

Really happy about my visit.  Got some really good ideas and got to see some old friends too :).

To learn more about The Beacon School:

Contact info:
The Beacon School, PCPD Bldg., 2332 Chino Roces Ext., Taguig City, Philippines 1630
Telefax (+63-2)840-5040, (+63-2)810-5046, (+63-2)889-9974

3 comments:

  1. Love the drying racks! Such a good idea :-) Trivia. If you need to source those natural wooden blocks/puzzle pieces, Meggy's friend in Cebu makes and sells those. The guy behind marketmanila.com is the founder of Beacon School.

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  2. Feel free to post the contact info here, thanks again!

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  3. Bambi, the brand is Lacwood Educational Solutions. They have a Facebook account :-)

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