Hip Hop on Pop with Dr. Seuss to the beat was less than rhythmic with Jan and Charlie leading the group on Thursday. Mr. Herb read the book while Mrs. Brown played her Ants at a Picnic game with some of the new little guys who just laughed and laughed using zoo sticks to pick up their ants. They also played a throughly engaged game of Head Bandz. Referrals to The REAL Program are coming from all over the city and children, volunteers, peer nonprofits are also coming from all over the city. No pun intended but the program is novel!
A chance to interact with other children and be in a group environment are two major keys to this program. So many of the children have not had experience away from their small network of family, extended family and neighborhood. The children are not ready to read but they are ready to learn and they are ready to be with others.
All in all, the first week of The REAL Program, Inc was a success. Volunteers came, children came and came back for more (One little girl gave up a sleep over to come to the reading program.)
Reading~Educational Assistance~Learning Mission: To improve literacy.
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