Last year, KIDS HOPE USA mentor, Bonnie, began mentoring Kinley, a very needy second grade girl. Kinley had many discipline issues, including suspensions throughout the year. As Bonnie began mentoring Kinley this year it was evident Kinley’s home life was getting worse and foster care was being discussed. During a recent mentoring session, Kinley mentioned
Colton, a KIDS HOPE USA student recently shared this with his mentor, “In 1st grade you were okay. In 2nd grade you were kinda cool. Now, in 3rd grade you are SO COOL!” This story was submitted by our friends at Fort Worth Presbyterian Church in Fort Worth, TX.
Marti, a KIDS HOPE USA Mentor was talking to her mentee, Morgan while they were working on the “Book About Me” and the question was asked, “If you could be doing anything else right now, what would you do?” Marti teasingly said, “Oh, you better be careful how you answer this one.” Morgan responded, “I
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Reading with your child will increase their vocabulary and will help give them the skills they need to succeed. Look at the results of one study on reading… Student “A” reads 20 minutes each day= 3,600 minutes in a school year= 1,800,000 words Student “B” reads 5 minutes each day=900 minutes in a school year=
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Micah and Mrs. Jodi have been together for 6 years. During a weekly mentoring session, Micah said to Mrs. Jodi, “Without you, my life would be crap.”
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After Nayla’s second time meeting with her KHUSA mentor, Julie she was asked to draw her favorite thing about school in the Book About Me, she drew a picture of Julie.
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Before you throw out those old magazines, STOP and read this blog post… they could help your student learn to read! Purchase a simple notebook and label each page with a letter A-Z. As you look through magazines, let your child cut out pictures from the pages, determine what letter the word starts with, and then
NEW GAME ALERT! We tried this game out at my house this weekend and we fell in love with it…I think you will, too! It’s called Bear Hunt and it’s a wooden game board created by the company Melissa and Doug. What makes it special? First, it’s wooden, so it’s durable! The pieces are all
Wilson talks about how adults use rewards and punishments to shape children’s behavior. From his research, he has concluded that both can be effective if used in moderation. He concludes, “Use the minimal sufficiency principle , whereby you dole out rewards and punishments that are strong enough to get your kids to do what you want
Students who are learning to read need to practice the basic sight words, but let’s face it…sometimes that can get really boring! Jazz up sight word practice by playing a game of TWISTER. There are a couple of ways you can do this… 1- Tape a different letter on each dot on the Twister mat.
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