VGCC students read to children as part of national celebration
The Vance-Granville Community College chapter of the Student North Carolina Association of Educators (SNCAE) recently participated in the national Read Across America celebration.
The National Education Association sponsors Read Across America each year. Now in its twelfth year, the program focuses on how important it is to motivate children to read. The nationwide reading celebration takes place each year around March 2, the birthday of children’s author Dr. Seuss. Across the country, thousands of schools, libraries, community centers and others participate by bringing together kids and books.
On March 5, VGCC education students read Dr. Seuss books to children ages one through four who are enrolled at the Day Care Center on VGCC’s Main Campus. They also engaged in fun artistic activities with the children, such as painting red and blue fish (in conjunction with Dr. Seuss’s One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish) and creating paper hats inspired by The Cat in the Hat.
VGCC students involved in the project included Sandra Hargrove of Norlina, Sarah Ashe, Lisa Schronce, Gertrude Marrow and SNCAE president Laurie Hernandez, all of Henderson, Arlene Wright of Youngsville, Tina Noblin of Bullock and Katie Faile of Wake Forest.
SNCAE is a pre-professional organization for college students who are preparing for careers in education. VGCC students in Teacher Associate, early childhood or college transfer courses are eligible to join the chapter. SNCAE is a division of the larger North Carolina Association of Educators, the leading professional organization for educators in North Carolina. The VGCC chapter is advised by Jacquelin Heath , head of the college’s Teacher Associate program.
Above: Katie Faile (seated, right) of Wake Forest, a student in VGCC’s Teacher Associate program, reads Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? by Dr. Seuss to two-year-olds in the Day Care Center on the college’s main campus. Faile and fellow students Sarah Ashe and Lisa Schronce helped the children make paper hats inspired by The Cat in the Hat, which they wore as Faile read the book. (VGCC photo)
