Community Involvement Opportunities
A suggestion was made by a parent to offer field trips for kids to have the opportunity to read to people in the community. I had a similar idea and I am thankful to the parent whose suggestion has spurred me into action - we do take your comments and suggestions seriously. I am actively seeking community involvement opportunities.
Because some kids are very reluctant to read, especially aloud, I am always looking for ways to make that a bit more intriguing to them. My initial thought was to partner students with animals. As a general rule, kids love animals. I approached the Raymore Animal Shelter to begin conversations about this, and they are very willing to partner with us to make it happen. We discussed the mutual benefit of having children read to the animals at the shelter - this would give the kids practice reading and it would give the animals time to get accustomed to being close to littler people and to begin to trust them. Because reading is a quiet activity, we believe it will work out well. Of course, our wonderful shelter workers would be able to determine which animals would be appropriate for this activity. Parents will need to contact the Raymore Animal Shelter to set up times to come in, and they would be expected to stay with their child during the reading time. If this sounds like something that would be interesting to your child, please message the Raymore Animal Shelter through their Facebook site by clicking here to work out the details.
If you have any other ideas for community involvement, I'd love to hear your ideas. Please let me know your thoughts by using the contact form.
Happy Reading!!
Because some kids are very reluctant to read, especially aloud, I am always looking for ways to make that a bit more intriguing to them. My initial thought was to partner students with animals. As a general rule, kids love animals. I approached the Raymore Animal Shelter to begin conversations about this, and they are very willing to partner with us to make it happen. We discussed the mutual benefit of having children read to the animals at the shelter - this would give the kids practice reading and it would give the animals time to get accustomed to being close to littler people and to begin to trust them. Because reading is a quiet activity, we believe it will work out well. Of course, our wonderful shelter workers would be able to determine which animals would be appropriate for this activity. Parents will need to contact the Raymore Animal Shelter to set up times to come in, and they would be expected to stay with their child during the reading time. If this sounds like something that would be interesting to your child, please message the Raymore Animal Shelter through their Facebook site by clicking here to work out the details.
If you have any other ideas for community involvement, I'd love to hear your ideas. Please let me know your thoughts by using the contact form.
Happy Reading!!