Assisted in the Turtles (6 months-2yrs), Tadpoles (2-3yrs), Frogs (3-4yrs), and Monkeys (4-5yrs) classrooms, and worked in the office, at the School of Grace Preschool in Raleigh as part of a service learning experience for my Teaching English Language Learners class (Spring 2016).  I spent one day working in each of the classrooms and one day working in the office.  I helped with setting up the classroom at the beginning of the school day, assisted the teachers and students throughout the school day both in the classroom and on the playground, and helped to clean up the classroom at the end of the school day.  In the office, I helped label and shelve books in the school library.

Helped lead a class of Pre-K students and a class of Kindergarten students at the Hardin Park Science Day as part of a service learning experience for my Environmental Literacy class (Fall 2015).  I worked at the Hardin Park Science Day from 10:30-12:00.  I worked first with a group of Pre-K students, and then with a group of kindergarten students, helping with a lesson about compost and worms.  I put worms and dirt on petri dishes for the students to observe, asked students questions to assist their observations, helped the students operate the microscopes in order to look at the worms and dirt more closely, and put the worms, dirt, and petri dishes away when everything was over.  With the pre-K students, we talked about both worms and compost, reading the book Compost Stew as part of the conclusion to the lesson.  With the kindergarten students we focused more closely on the worms, and on the differences between living and non-living things.

Helped clean up a section of the Watauga River at Guy Ford as part of a service learning experience for my Environmental Literacy class (Fall 2015).  I was assigned to clean up along the side of the road near the river, along with some other members of the class. Other class members were split up into groups cleaning up along the river and along some trails in the area.

Read picture books to and did crafts with a group of 4-year-olds during their field trip to the Reich College of Education at Appalachian State University (Fall 2015)

Ran a science activity during Buildfest at Parkway Elementary School in Boone, NC (Spring 2015)

Helped children from Kindergarten to 3rd grade with homework and supervised them on the playground at the afterschool program at Newland Elementary School (Fall 2014)

Tested children during the Pre-K Screening at Hardin Park Elementary School in Boone, NC (Spring 2014)

Served food to children and their parents and assisted children with crafts at an Angel Tree Party in the Reich College of Education at Appalachian State University (Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2015)

Supervised children during a Parents’ Night Out at the Children’s Playhouse in Boone, NC (Fall 2013, Spring 2014)

Read picture books to and played games with a group of 1st graders during their field trip to the Reich College of Education at Appalachian State University (Fall 2013)

Ran the Scooter Races game at the Hardin Park Elementary School Fall Festival in Boone, NC (Fall 2013)

Supervised children, set up and cleaned up crafts and other activities at a Summer Day-camp, School of Grace Preschool, Raleigh, NC (3 Days, Summer 2013)

Tested children during the Kindergarten Jump Start Program, Springfield Estates Elementary School, Springfield, VA (Summer 2012)