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Respect Program at Weaver Elementary School

Mon, Sep 11

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West Memphis

The Respect Program increases social-emotional learning and literacy skills in children and youth through teaching literature, creative writing, and providing visual arts projects.

Respect Program at Weaver Elementary School
Respect Program at Weaver Elementary School

Time & Location

Sep 11, 2023, 9:00 AM – Dec 14, 2023, 9:00 AM

West Memphis, 1280 E Barton Ave, West Memphis, AR 72301, USA

About the event

The Respect Program increases social-emotional learning and literacy skills in children and youth through teaching literature, creative writing, and visual arts projects. We will be meeting in the kindergarten through sixth grade classrooms, for at least seven weeks, for 30-40 minutes each week. There will be stories, poetry, art projects, and creative writing exercises that are related to the week’s social-emotional theme. Here are the seven themes:

  1. Reach for Your Dreams

  2. Express and Regulate Emotions

  3. Speak, Write, and Draw with Your Voice

  4. Play!

  5. Expand Social Skills

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Delta Wolf Trap

Institute for Early Learning through the Arts

Additional services offered through Delta Wolf Trap include Family Engagement Workshops available to early childhood centers, libraries, children's museums, and organizations focused on supporting parents with young children. These interactive family workshops provides parents and caregivers opportunities to engage in a live arts experience with their children and learn to play with their children in educational ways that support kindergarten readiness.

Professional Development Workshops may be available for early childhood centers with aim to provide annual training on research-based practices of instruction. In-person and virtual workshops provide early educators with hands-on teaching strategies and active learning techniques that support literacy and language development, STEM learning, problem-solving, social-emotional development, classroom management, and more.​

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