McLaurin’s Terrific Tuesdays Combine Learning And Fun In an effort to continue to build community and reach parents and students where they live, McLaurin has begun a Terrific Tuesdays program. These Tuesday events will take place on the third Tuesday of each month after school. As part of Title One parenting programs, McLaurin has been thinking outside the box. Sometimes various issues keep parents from coming to school events. McLaurin wants to allow parents to have a glimpse of activities going on in the classroom that parents cannot always see during the school day. Parenting sessions/ workshops are also a component of our Terrific Tuesday events. In October, several McLaurin staff members went to the Resource Center at the Mount Zion apartments. Students enjoyed many hands-on lessons that incorporated ELA, Math, and Cultural studies. Students classified Halloween/October words into nouns and verbs. Students were given information about different bats-which areas of the world they live in, what they eat, and the lengths of their wingspan. Other bat activities involved students measuring the length of their arm span and comparing their arm span measurements to that of the different bats. There was also a station set up for math activities with candy corn. Students were adding, multiplying, subtracting, and dividing with candy corn. This station allowed students to experience math with fun manipulatives. The students ranged from PreK to 6th grade. Many McLaurin staff members were so excited to see former McLaurin students that are now at Moore participate in this event as well. Many hugs and smiles were shared and it was a sweet reunion with former students. There was also a reading center for students to read books. After this afternoon of activities, students were able to take books home for themselves and other siblings in the home. The parenting workshop was on the importance of reading at home. A flyer was shared that showed the impact at home reading. The importance of reading at least 20 minutes a day allows the child to have read 3600 minutes within as school year, experience 1,800,00 words, and expose a child to more vocabulary within a school year. This daily 20 minutes of reading at home allows for better success at school. McLaurin is continuing to look for ways to encourage even more parent participation. We’d love to address homework and test-taking strategies in the future events. These topics came from a fall survey that parents filled out addressing topics parents wanted to know more about this school year. McLaurin has found success in our belief of building relationships. Students not only were engaged with activities, but expressed how they loved seeing their teachers “at their house”. McLaurin is trying to bridge the gap between school and home.
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