Ideas for mentoring

During the mentoring hour, students and mentors can spend time practicing their math and counting skills through everyday activities. Read more about the importance of math skills.

Have you ever struggled to complete a jigsaw puzzle? Completing a puzzle is a great mentoring activity to engage your student and work through hard things together. Puzzles are meant to be hard, but persevering through this struggle can advance development and help students gain crucial life-long skills.  Puzzles Teach Students How to Overcome Challenges

Discover your next game to play with your student with this list of recommended games and resources.

In a mentoring relationship, mentors have the unique opportunity to demonstrate skills on a personal level and teach students how they should view themselves. Intrapersonal skills involve your inward communication with yourself and the way you face obstacles in life. Mentoring can motivate students to work on intrapersonal skills such as self-confidence, resilience, and overall

Interpersonal skills involve the way a student interacts with others in a social setting. A mentoring relationship serves as an opportunity for students to grow in these interpersonal skills by learning how to work as a team and listen to their friends.   Working as a team and listening to others are two of the most

Creating and sustaining relational skills is a vital developmental step for children that can be taught through modeling a quality relationship. Having a one-on-one relationship with a mentor gives children a valuable opportunity to work on their relational skills. Relational Benefits Nurtured in Mentoring Conversations and consistency are two important relationship skills nurtured in a

Discover your next read with your student with this list of book recommendations.

During a typical elementary school day, kids learn new spelling words or practice math equations. There’s time for fun during recess outside and for letting creativity soar through art and writing.   And, a school day also provides a perfect opportunity for effective, meaningful mentoring.   School-based mentoring programs, such as Kids Hope USA, are structured to

Conversation is a common activity during a Kids Hope USA mentoring hour. These conversations provide a opportunity for you and your student to catch up on the week. And your student can share what they’re looking forward to in the coming week.   Sometimes conversations between a mentor and student are easy-flowing, balanced, and engaging. Other

From crayons and markers to paints and glue, arts & crafts are a fun way to creatively engage with kids. And that’s especially true during the one hour spent between a Kids Hope USA mentor and their student.   Maybe your student jumps at the opportunity to color and engage in creative crafts to take home,