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7 Ways to Increase Following Directions

The Conversation Corner, By Brook Fieldman Part 1 of 8 - There will be 2 blogs each week in this series with a night of in-person recap at the end of the month. How to Increase Direction-following Mastering direction-following enhances an individual’s ability to navigate daily routines and participate effectively...
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April 2024 Programs & Events

It's a new month and it's jam-packed full of programs, events, and meetings plus special nights for moms and volunteers too! Enrollment has closed for all of the kitchen programs but applications for tutoring and speech open soon! Scroll to the bottom for the link to the website calendar to...
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March 2024 Best of All

Looking back on March and boy do we feel lucky! 🍀 Participant Best of All This month we're not highlighting just one person! We're so proud of all the spring Prep & Achievers participants. They all gave their #bestofall each week. If you missed the 10-day blog series highlighting these...
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Celebrate reading and literacy!

While March is almost over, we wanted to share that March is National Reading Month in honor of Dr. Seuss’s Birthday! What a great reason to celebrate our amazing literacy program! The GiGi’s Playhouse 1:1 Literacy Tutoring Program uses a methodology with documented success based on research by professionals in the field. The...
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#10 – Meet the Rockstar Leaders

We've made it to day 10 of this rockstar series! Thank you for sticking with us and learning more about the individuals who participated in the spring 2024 GiGi Prep & Achievers programs. We highly encourage you to scroll through the blog if you missed any. Like all programs here...
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Rockstar #9 – Meet Darrian

There's only 1 more day in our 10 day blog series. Tomorrow we will highlight the rockstar leaders and volunteers that made the GiGi Prep & Achievers programs possible this spring. Today, we'd like you to meet Darrian! Darrian is quiet artist with a great smile. Darrian’s favorite program at...
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Rockstar #8 – Meet Luke

We're in the home stretch of our 10 day blog series or we could say "homerun" for this big Chicago Cubs fan! Today, we'd like you to meet Luke! Luke is a outdoors guy who works with his brother in landscaping during the nicer months. Speaking of brothers, Luke says...
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Rockstar #7 – Meet Korryn

Day 7 of our 10 day blog series highlighting some rockstar participants. We hope you've enjoyed these as much as we have. Today, we'd like you to meet Korryn. Korryn is a singing and dancing machine who works at Circa 21. Her favorite events at GiGi’s Playhouse are the Superhero...
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Rockstar #6 – Meet Caitlin

Welcome to day 6 of our 10 day blog series. If you've missed the first half, please go back and meet the first 5 rockstar participants highlighted. Today, we'd like you to meet Caitlin. Caitlin enjoys coming to GiGi’s Playhouse for Achievers and Adult Group Speech "Coffee Club" the most....
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Rockstar #5 – Meet Bobby

We're half way through this 10 post series. You can see previous posts by looking back at the blog. Today, we'd like you to meet Bobby! This young man works at Kwik Star and loves his friends and cousins. Bobby says the best thing about GiGi’s is being able to...
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Rockstar #4 – Meet Matthew

Day four of our 10 day blog post series featuring the rockstars that recently participated in the GiGi Prep and Achievers programs bring us to this handsome fella. Please meet, Matthew! Matthew comes from an hour and a half away to join in the fun and purposeful programming here at...
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Rockstar #3 – Meet Lisa

If you read the first blog in this 10 part series, you may remember that on of our friends from the spring GiGi Prep & Achievers programs was missing from the group picture. Sadly, she was not feeling well that day. Today, we'd like you to meet Lisa. Lisa is...