Materials & Resources
- Resources Article - Working
with Kids and Adults
Lesson plans, milk counts, fire drills, learning the names of
all those kids, learning to communicate with new co-workers—it’s
a lot to take in and in a short period of time. If you are feeling
a bit overwhelmed take a look at this article. It may help you
to simplify things and focus on what is really most important.
- Understanding Leads
to a Better Team
Putting a good working team together is a challenge for AFTER
SCHOOL site supervisors. The team make-up changes from day
to day depending on staffing and most days you’re only
together for a few hours. The general noise and commotion
of a bunch of kids having fun and getting into mischief doesn’t
make it any easier to find time to communicate with your staff
either. This article will help you learn to gather the “pieces”
of information, on the fly if need be, to begin to build a
sense of teamwork with your co-workers.
Resources on the Internet
The following web sites may be useful to staff in planning activities to do with children after school or as sites you may want to encourage children to access for educational games and activities.
- www.teacherplanet.com
This site offers free downloads of theme-based resource pages including coloring sheets, mazes, worksheets, calendars and word searches. It also offers cartoons, jokes and inspirational articles for teachers.
- www.billybear4kids
Younger children will enjoy this web site or teachers can download free materials from it for children to use. Materials include games, worksheets, stickers and a chance to adopt or sponsor an endangered animal.
- www.ed.gov/free/index.html
This government sponsored search engine can help older kids research topics of interest by subject—health and safety, language arts, physical education, science and social studies. It can be a good homework aid or just fun to browse.
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