What is and is not age appropriate service for K-5 students?
Sometimes it is just as important to know what not to do as what to do. Below we have highlighted some projects for comparison.
Is age appropriate...
Participating in an environmentally conscious project, like a beach clean up.
Making placemats for a soup kitchen or homeless shelter.
Read-a-thon projects, where students read to younger kids.
Initiating a litter patrol at school during lunch or recess.
Collecting used books for a shelter for homeless children.
Performing plays and skits depicting community problems and their solutions.
Visiting senior citizens who live in a nearby home.
Is not age appropriate...
Test water samples from a local lake or river and document the findings for the community.
Volunteering in a soup kitchen or homeless shelter.
Organizing a phonics fair to help improve reading skills.
Starting a recycling program for the entire school.
Writing letters to corporations asking for donations for a shelter for homeless children.
Holding a youth summit to dialogue about problems in the community and possible solutions.
Collecting and writing a personal or community oral history by interviewing senior citizens.
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