Literacy Alive! Ahoy Matey's!

The Friday before Thanksgiving break, I participated in a literacy aliveevent that was held at Barea Elementary school. This event consisted of numerous literacy stations, all revolving around the theme of pirates. All of these stations were created by the mount students in the education program and they had to sign up for a station and create a literacy activity for the kids. This wonderful event was hosted by the  Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society in Education, Sigma Tau Chapter 451. My friend Amanda and I did not actually create a station, we volunteered to help. We walked around each station during the event to see who needed help and how everyone was doing. A lot of the stations had so many kids at once and were so thankful we were there to help them! Some stations got very crazy with all of the excited kids and Amanda and I were such a big help. We mainly helped at one of the stations where the students made hats, and another one where they had to pick a notecard with a pirate related term on it and write a poem about that word. Both of these stations constantly had huge groups of kids at them and all the help was definitely needed! It was a great idea to have more than one volunteers at the event and I would recommend having even 4 slots for people to sign up sat volunteers next year instead of 2!

Literacy Alive! was an amazing, successful event and went very smoothly. Everyone did such a great job and the kids and their parents enjoyed it so much! The stations were so engaging and every station was different which made it so enjoyable for the kids. Emily and Veronica did a great job putting this together and making sure it ran well, which it did! Major bravo to them and their dedication to this event! The idea of a pirate theme and having a map to go along with each station then at the end getting a prize from the treasure box was a brilliant idea. Seeing the students engaged in all of the stations and laughing having a great time, while also learning and completing their assignments was awesome to see and truly inspirational.

I could use these activities in my future classroom one day and hope to even run an event like this in my school! I really enjoyed helping everyone at their stations and helping the kids get complete their work at their stations. It was great to see the kids and their families have a fun time together while learning and practicing literacy! I can't wait to do something like this in my future classroom with my future students!