Baiba is a psychologist that works with children and parents. She is also a wife and mother of two children, and has worked for eight years as a leader in a youth facility operated by SOS Children Villages in Latvia. Throughout her life, Baiba often experienced that parents needed resources that could assist with their children’s growth. As a result, Baiba created her own kindergarten to realize all her best ideas for the development of children.
Project
Barboleta makes pedagogical intervention balance boards (or learning boards) which helps children to pay attention to learning processes, reduce their stress level and increase their interest for teaching material. Her learning boards integrates movements and coordination, and they help children to remember material. The project gives specialists (speech trainers, pedagogues, psychologists) an effective method to help children with learning difficulties.
Impact story
The six-year-old boy has to start school in half a year. But he has huge problems to concentrate, is too active, and he does not recognize letters and perceive sounds, so he is not able to read. Teachers say to the mother that he cannot start school. However, after three months (eight times of work sessions) with the learning boards, the boy knows all letters and can pay attention for 30 minutes. He can now read and write correct. With the help of Barboleta, he will now be able to go to school.
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