Kids Learning Service

One of the teachers I work with asked for help in finding ways to tie service into their curriculum (the quintessential definition of Service Learning). The class was already painting portraits of their pets (seen in the background of the picture to the left) for a fundraising auction for Guide Dogs for the Blind . I was lucky enough to find an amazing volunteer from our local chapter that gave us some additional ideas for service that will be incorporated into next year's unit as well. The night of the art auction was a great example of project-based learning. The unit was actually a  poetry unit, one of the poems they studied was about a boy that adopted a dog from an animal shelter. Each student read an original poem based on certain author's styles (such as Robert Frost). The art teacher talked about the art techniques and math skills used in painting the pictures, and of course, the community partnership and service was a big part of it. Service ways you can serve an