Preparing for School

Preparing for School
Alfie's AAC Journey

Alfie is about to embark on a new journey at school. His teacher is guiding him as they get everything ready for him, his aide, and his AAC devices to be up and running on day one. The first of a series of adventures, Alfie shares with us the excitement and anticipation of his first day of school.

In Alfonso's first children's book, he takes us through the process of including a student who uses AAC to communicate. The first in a series, Alfonso hints at what is to come.

Here is the link to the Kindle book here: https://a.co/d/3QUiSbX

This book is the culmination of a two-year journey working as a team with Elsa and Ivan to bring to life Alfonso's vision and characters.

Here is a peak at the behind the scenes work:

Elsa and Alfonso working at Colmena Academy to create one of the paintings for Preparing for School.

Elsa and Alfonso travel to Colmena Academy's Garden where their painting headquarters were set up.

Once all the paintings were finished it was time to assign them a foreground. Elsa and Alfonso worked tirelessly to analyze each painting and associate them with Alfie's emotions.

Alfonso, Elsa, and Celina, acting as communication partner, develop the painting analysis at Colmena Academy.

After two years, Alfonso and Elsa see the vision come to life through the added layer of Ivan's illustrations.

Alfonso, Ivan, and Elsa put together the final storyboard, Preparing for School is ready to be prepared as a first mock-up.

Ivan's images were printed in clear acetate and carefully organized following the sequence of the story.

Story board under way, Alfonso, Elsa and Ivan look over each illustration and consider it for each of Alfonso's paintings.

There is an amazing, caring, and compassionate person who inspired each of the main characters in Preparing for School, Ms. Rose is the magical Ms. Dinusha Perera from Montessori Explorer.