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These suggestions are only a beginning! Think of other ways that volunteers can help!
Tell stories to children
Listen to children read
Conduct flash card drills
Provide individual help
Assist in learning centers
Set up learning centers
Help contact parents
Reproduce materials
Work in clinic or media center
Check out audio-visual equipment
Practice vocabulary with non-English speaking
Make instructional games
Play instructional games
Play games at recess
Assist with visual tests
Prepare visual materials
Develop programmed materials
Grade papers
Prepare bulletin boards
Help with book fairs
Help underachievers
Reinforce reading fluency
Help select library books
Assist with field trips
Make props for plays
Set-up or run bookstore or book exchange
Gather resource materials
Help children learn to type
Help children with arts and crafts
Help with cooking projects
Check-out books from the library
Set-up experiments
Take attendance
Collect lunch money
Escort children to bathroom, media center, cafeteria, etc
Work on perceptual activities
Make list of library resources
Prepare teaching materials
Work with handicapped child
Record grades
Supervise test taking session
Discuss careers or hobbies 43. Show a film to a group
Help young children with physical activities
Reinforce learning the alphabet
Reinforce recognition of numbers
Drill recognition of color words
Talk to children. Be a friend
Help children with motor skill problems
Help children learn a foreign language
Play a musical instrument
Help students play instruments
Make puppets
Dramatize a story
Help with handwriting practice
Set up “grocery store” to practice math skills
Drill spelling words
Tell stories
- with puppets
- with flannel board
Assist with sing-a-longs
Show slides
- life in other countries
- parts of the United States
Discuss care and training of pets
Demonstrate different artistic abilities
Discuss life from the point of view of a person with a handicap and the importance of understanding others
Discuss different handicaps
Discuss attitudes, feelings and emotions
Share ethnic backgrounds and experiences
Discuss farm life and farm animals
Demonstrate gardening skills
Help prepare assembly programs
Discuss holidays and special occasions
Discuss aspects of safety
Share information about local history
Demonstrate pioneer crafts
- weaving
- candle making
- soap making
- musical instruments
- toys and dolls
Assist in preparing courses in
- photography
- creative dramatics
- knitting
- square dancing
Help office staff with mass mailings