Most people choose to be in Jumpstart because they want to help children. I am one of those people. Choosing Jumpstart is something that has been rewarding and fun. My Jumpstart team is located at Ruggles-Gilday in Roxbury. There are eight of us who work together to help children.
We start our sessions by walking, as a team, to Ruggles; we do this on Monday and Thursday afternoons. Once we arrive, we set up for the session by gathering the supplies needed. These include posters for songs and poems and supplies for the centers and “Lets Find Out About It.” After we gather our materials, we enter the Busy Bees’ classroom. During session, we all have a lot of fun reading, singing songs, and creating memories with our children. At the end of session, we all walk back to campus together and have a team meeting, where we talk about what went well in sessions and things we think we can improve on.
The best memory I have so far from a session is when all three of my children recognized that they had an “e” in their names. Each session, at the start of reading, I go over the letters in each child’s name with him or her. All of my children are able to recognize and tell me the first letter of their names. While having their names on cards in front of them, they were able to tell me that they all had the letter ‘e” in their names.
-Ashley Monck
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