Do you have favorite games you enjoy playing with your child, grandchild, nephew, niece, or Kids Hope USA student? From never-ending Uno rounds to competitive Candy Land turns to extensive Dominoes strategies, games of all kinds are often a favorite activity for kids. And that’s especially true during the one hour spent between a Kids […]
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Imagine about halfway through your Kids Hope USA mentoring hour, your student heads over to the library shelves. She pulls out a few, looks at the covers, considers reading them, and shoves them back. She finds another shelf and pulls out a couple of books that you have read together too many times to count.
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Teaming up with your local elementary school can be an easy and effective connection to make in supporting your community’s kids. With programs like a sack supper program or a proven and effective Kids Hope USA mentoring program, your church can have the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of students where you live, work and worship.
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For many Kids Hope USA one-on-one relationships, students and mentors spend time in mentoring activities such as games and reading. They play games like Uno or Connect 4. Take turns reading a page in a silly voice. Color in pictures while talking about how the week is going. That hour fills up quickly with activities,
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Written by a Kids Hope USA mentor beginning her first year of mentoring Mentoring Day 1 It was a Wednesday. The first day that I’d meet my Kids Hope USA student. I’d been waiting for this day for a while. As someone who loves to learn and know details ahead of time, I learned
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My Mentor is GREAT because… 1. He lets me use his pencils and he brings games to play. 2. She is nice. 3. We talk and laugh and we talk about our families. 4. She comes to see me every week. 5. He is awesome. 6. She is a good reader and she reads with
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Suggestions from the KHUSA Child Psychology Team to keep in mind when working with students that have issues with attention… 1) It is not uncommon to bounce around to several different activities during the mentoring hour, and that is just fine. You may want to have a number of ideas or activities “in your back
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Recently a KIDS HOPE USA Director introduced a new student and mentor. Upon going to the classroom to meet Eli, the director and mentor heard him tell his teacher, “I really don’t want to go.” Eli’s teacher encouraged him and promised him it would be fine. After Eli returned to class after spending his first
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Miss Mildred, a more “mature” KIDS HOPE USA mentor was talking to her friend, Anthony one day about practicing a game they had been doing together. Anthony asked Miss Mildred why she was practicing. She said, “So I can get better! Even though I am older, I still want to get better.” Innocently, Anthony asked,
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