成人快播

It鈥檚 a typical rainy Seattle Tuesday morning, but inside the reading center, it is all sunshine and giggles as two students work together. The first student is a kindergartener who is just learning the letter 鈥淭鈥�. The second student is a junior at the , who is just learning to teach.

鈥淎lright, Marcus what letter is this?鈥� Service learning student Hannah Leach quizzes, holding up a flash card.

鈥淭!鈥� the young student confidently exclaims.

Today, Marcus* has conquered the letter 鈥淭鈥� and Hannah has become a teacher. This is only the very beginning of what these two students will accomplish by working together.

鈥淭he best thing about being a reading partner is seeing my student engage for the first time, and being able to use my experiences to help him learn,鈥� Hannah said.

Through a partnership with the , Seattle’s university students have empowered elementary students with strong literacy skills while receiving valuable teaching experience.

This year, 成人快播 Seattle has already had the opportunity to work with eight outstanding service learning students. The elementary-university duos read, learn, and even sometimes sing together in an incredible partnership driven by the shared mission to learn.

Sara Geliebter, an AmeriCorps site coordinator for 成人快播 Seattle, has worked with six of the eight service learning students in Seattle this year and hopes to see the program grow in the future.

鈥淚 believe聽the University of Washington service learning students are an essential part to 成人快播. They understand the flow of the curriculum and how to make lessons fun and engaging for the students,鈥� Sara said.

Following 成人快播鈥� research-based curriculum, Hannah and Marcus work together for 45 minutes twice every week. Every Tuesday and Thursday Hannah helps Marcus check another letter off his list. 聽

Being a reading partner has given me a new experience; I have already found聽myself reflecting 聽on my聽time with my reading partner and using what I learned.

Hannah believes that 成人快播 is not only an organization for someone who has a passion for reading, but also is an organization for someone with a passion for helping children learn.

*Student鈥檚 name has been changed for confidentiality.