At Casa Búho we walk alongside readers and creators from pregnancy through adolescence, and extend that care to families, women, and older adults. Our programs are permanent because we believe in consistency: reading, play, and art transform when they become part of everyday life.
Early childhood
Buhitas en Camino (pregnancy)
A space for expecting mothers where we nurture the early bond with the baby through prenatal stimulation and sensitive experiences: read-alouds, songs, breathing exercises, visualizations, gentle movement, and resources that help inhabit pregnancy with calm and confidence. Here we share practical ideas so families know that talking to the baby, singing, and reading to them is not "something extra" but a profound way to support their development from the very beginning.
Mini Baby Búhos (0–2 years)
This program is Casa Búho's first embrace. We bring together babies and their mothers or caregivers in a safe environment for early stimulation based on play, sensory exploration, and language. We read age-appropriate books (cloth, board books, rhymes), sing, do movement activities, gentle massage, and dynamics that strengthen attention, curiosity, and coordination. It's a space where adults learn to read with their baby naturally and lovingly, and where the baby associates books with pleasure, connection, and security.
Baby Búhos (3–5 years)
This is where imagination ignites. We work with read-alouds, guided conversation, symbolic play, art, and activities that strengthen language, vocabulary, emotional expression, and social skills. Children learn to listen to stories, share what they understand, ask questions, express opinions, and create. This program plants early reading habits and helps children experience reading as a joyful experience: reading to play, to feel, to think, and to invent.
Children
Peque Búhos (6–8 years)
At this stage we accompany the step toward more independent reading, without losing the magic. We combine read-alouds with guided reading and activities that strengthen comprehension, narrative sequencing, simple inferences, and oral expression. We create spaces to talk about what characters feel and think, connect stories with their world, and experiment with art, creative writing, or small dramatizations. This program seeks something key: for every child to feel that they can handle books, and that reading is also a way of belonging.
Mi Tarde de Lectura (8–13 years)
A space to go deeper: reading calmly, conversing, building judgment, and enjoying the world of books with more complexity. Here we work on reading comprehension, vocabulary, simple thematic analysis, critical thinking, and creativity. We also run workshops connected to books: writing, illustration, art projects, debates, literary games, and activities that connect reading with life. "Mi Tarde de Lectura" is for those who want to go beyond reading for reading's sake: reading to understand the world and to understand themselves.
Pre-teens & teens
Mid Búhos (11–14 years)
A club for pre-teens where reading becomes conversation and encounter. We read books that open questions about identity, friendship, justice, fear, self-esteem, and belonging. We facilitate thoughtful discussions, creative dynamics, reflective writing, and activities that teach how to argue, listen, express disagreements, and build their own ideas. The goal is not to "know more" but to think better and feel accompanied during an intense stage of changes.
Big Búhos (15–19 years)
Big Búhos is the generational heart of Casa Búho: teenagers who grew up in the space and today are also an active part of its daily life. They participate as support in activities, accompany younger children, help create cultural events, and strengthen their community leadership. They also have their own reading club, where they explore narratives, essays, and young adult literature connected to real topics: life plans, emotions, relationships, social pressure, the future, and decisions. They integrate artistic creation (writing, collage, theatre, illustration) as a form of expression and self-regulation. It's not loose volunteering: it's a formative process where they learn responsibility, communication, teamwork, and a sense of purpose. Big Búhos demonstrates something beautiful: when a community invests in its children, those children return to care for others.
Access & community programs
Book lending
Our library lives inside and outside our space. The lending program allows children, young people, and families to take books home, so that reading doesn't depend only on coming to Casa Búho. We promote reading routines at home, recommend books by age and interest, and accompany the process so each family finds their path. Because reading is not an event: it's a habit built with time and care.
Educational toy lending
We believe in play as the language of childhood. This program offers educational toys and materials that strengthen cognitive development, motor skills, language, coordination, and creativity. Many families don't have access to these resources; that's why we lend materials with simple guidance so they know how to use them and how to turn play into a moment of learning and connection. It's a natural extension of our early stimulation and a practical way to democratize opportunities.
Schools program
Casa Búho also walks toward where the children are. We visit schools in the parish and work with students and teachers through reading mediation, art activities connected to books, and classroom strategies to strengthen reading. We support teachers with practical ideas, foster a love for texts, and create experiences that make reading meaningful. This program reinforces something key: reading is not taught only with assignments; it's taught with experience, emotion, and community.
Intergenerational & well-being programs
Búhas Plateadas (older adults)
A program for older adults where words also care. We do read-alouds, memory exercises, conversation, art, playful activities, and moments of encounter that combat loneliness and strengthen emotional well-being. Búhas Plateadas is a space of dignity, joy, and belonging: here people laugh, remember, create, and show that it's never too late to read, learn, and share.
Búhas Poderosas (women & mothers)
Because to care for childhood you also have to care for those who hold the home together. This program brings together women and mothers in well-being and community activities: dance therapy, yoga, gardening, and conversation spaces. More than "classes," these are gatherings that strengthen energy, self-esteem, emotional health, and support networks. When a woman feels accompanied, the whole family grows stronger.
Family school
Formative and experiential spaces for mothers, fathers, and caregivers. Here we share practical tools about child development, routines, respectful boundaries, communication, reading at home, screen use, play, and how to accompany difficult emotions. It's not a space for judgment, but for learning together and building confidence. Family School holds a simple idea: parenting should not be lived in solitude.
Positive parenting workshops
Workshops focused on raising children with respect and without violence: clear boundaries, emotional support, managing tantrums, conflict resolution, conscious discipline, and building secure bonds. We work with real examples, simple strategies, and reflection, so that each family can adapt it to their context. We seek to strengthen something profound: loving authority, where care and respect go hand in hand.
Casa Búho is a complete journey: we begin before birth and walk alongside each family for years, sustaining reading, art, play, and community as a right.
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Want to support Casa Búho?
We co-create programs, workshops, and reading moments with the community. Write to us about volunteering, partnerships, or support.
