Posts Tagged ‘literacy’
Unleashing the Power of Literacy: Celebrating GiGi’s One-on-One Literacy Program
Best of All: Joe and Mhani March is a month of celebration for bookworms and literacy advocates across the nation. It’s National Reading Month, a time when we amplify the importance of literacy and the joy of reading. At GiGi’s Playhouse Canton, we are proud to be a part of this celebration, not just this…
Read MoreBest of All: Adelaide
This Fall 2023 session of literacy tutoring, Addie has been practicing reading consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words. Addie went from sounding out the words at the beginning to reading the words with fluency. We had been practicing with a book for a few weeks and this past week she was able to read the entire book! It…
Read MoreVolunteer Spotlight: Lori
Name: Lori Hart Tell us a little bit about yourself. I’ve been blessed with a loving family. My husband and I have two sons, a daughter, a daughter-in-law, one grandson, and two granddaughters. I’m a retired teacher who enjoys reading, traveling, and volunteering. In addition, I enjoy substituting. We want to get to know you!…
Read MoreBest of All: Alaina
best of all (noun) \best of all\ is continual, measurable, celebrated and it never ends. It is a daily challenge to do a little better than you did the day before and it’s always celebrated. Possible manifestations: standing just one second longer, reading just one more word, learning just one new number, taking just one…
Read MoreBest of All: Tasho
Tasho’s back with another Best of All moment! We are very proud of Tasho for reading not only one book during his literacy tutoring session last week…but FOUR books! With the help from his tutor Kevin and our new Osmo, Tasho really did his #BestOfAll. Tasho was very attentive the entire tutoring session and really…
Read MoreBest of All: Literacy Participants Fall 2022
Our tutors are nothing short of amazing…and it shows in the progress of their participants! We want to share some of the testimonials from our tutors and parents this fall that shows just how much of an impact this program has been making. We have a whopping 11 literacy participants this fall and can’t wait…
Read MoreVolunteer Spotlight: Kyra!
Name Kyra F. Tell us a little bit about yourself. I am a high school senior at Jackson High School. I’m currently looking at colleges to major in special education. I work as a server at Gervasi Vineyard. We want to get to know you! What are some of your favorites? (food, color, season, activity,…
Read MoreBest of All: Joe and his tutor Theresa
Joe is one of our adult literacy participants. Despite living in the Northeastern part of the state, Joe benefits from virtual literacy tutoring at GiGi’s Playhouse Canton and has been participating in our virtual programming for the past year. Joe’s mom shares: “So far Joe and his tutor, Theresa, have bonded. He loves the attention…
Read MoreVolunteer Spotlight: Suzanne
Suzanne Tell us a little bit about yourself. I have a fiancée, two adult children, a son-in-law, two granddaughters, and two cats. I enjoy camping, hiking, and kayaking. I am an Intervention Specialist at Towpath Trail High School. We want to get to know you! What are some of your favorites? (food, color, season, activity,…
Read MoreVolunteer Spotlight: Lisa
Tell us a little bit about yourself. I love helping people! I work as an Office Manager at CommQuest Detox. I have two therapy dogs and I test animals to be therapy animals. We have volunteered at the hospital, the library and here at the Playhouse. I have one daughter and two beautiful grandkids (Josie…
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