As the temperatures rise, so does the amount of activity in the CLUES classrooms. Since it is summer vacation, the kids always bring a lot of energy to class, and it can sometimes be difficult to get them to focus. In order to keep them interested, Youth Intern Lauren has been working hard with the older students, finding out what interests them and sparking that interest further. One of her PM students loves to write stories, so they do a story challenge whenever there is extra time in the day. Another student is a history buff, so she shares knowledge from her college history classes with him.
Oh how the tables have turned! Here we have two of our older students reading aloud in Spanish to our Tuesday PM volunteers.
The older students have also continued learning about birds from the high schoolers in the YA! group at St. Paul. Here are a few pictures from class: they made a yummy treat one Thursday, and bird feeders the next.
With the younger students, we take every opportunity we have to make play time educational. We count out dolls while playing house, name the colors while we make art, and have the students “read” the story of the week to us. These students also love putting on puppet shows and playing restaurant.
While we are always working with the students on the theme of the week (a few recent ones have been the ocean, sports and exercise, and Fourth of July), we love that our students are steering their time with us to fit their interests.
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