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S.P.E.C.I.A.L.

Seniors and Preschoolers Engaging Collaboratively in All Learning

An Intergenerational Literacy Program
Here are some activities that S.P.E.C.I.A.L. volunteers regularly engage in during their hour at The School for Young Children:

  • Reading to individual children or small groups of children
  • Reading to the whole class
  • Engaging in poems, nursery rhymes, fingerplays, and songs
  • Playing games
  • Building with blocks
  • Cooking activities
  • Pretend play
  • Art activities
  • Simply engaging in conversation
  • Sharing a special skill or interest, such as a foreign language or yoga

If you are interested in volunteering please contact Deidre Horan, Assistant Director of The School for Young Children, at 860.231.5562 or [email protected].

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