| Benefits to Having K-grams |
K-grams reaches many different audiences far and
wide, and, thus impacts each one in a unique way.
 For
Teachers:
- Improves reading and writing skills
- Connects your students to a world outside of the classroom
- Shows a practical application of reading and writing skills
- Helps teach children about the letter-writing process
- Offers incentive to improve literacy
- Easy to incorporate into your curriculum
- Helps kids improve their personal best
For
Little Kid Pen Pals:
- Gives kids a reason to work on their reading and writing skills
- Allows the kids to receive valuable one-to-one attention
- Helps kids make friends with someone of a different age
- Builds self-esteem because someone outside their family and
school is interested in them
- Offers kids a role model
- Helps kids see college as an achievable experience
- Allows kids the opportunity to learn cool things from each
other
- Makes elementary classes more fun and interesting
- Gives kids ownership to "their" college student
For
Big Pen Pals:
- Allows the opportunity to connect one-to-one and be a role
model
- Gives you a reason (and access) to become involved with your
local community
- Requires little time commitment but affords a very special
reward
- Ensures a fun surprise in your mailbox
- Offers a break from classes and homework of college
- Helps you remember what it feels like to be in grade school
- Promotes ways to meet new friends at school through a common
interest
- Connects you with people from different ages to whom you may
never have been exposed
- Allows you to feel ownership to a specific aspect of your
college life
For
the College Programming Council:
- Provides a sense of responsibility and leadership
- Promotes ways to meet new friends through a common interest
- Strengthens your organizing, event planning, and leadership
skills
- Establishes a sense of ownership to school and community
For
the College and Local Community:
- Promotes a bond and strengthens communication between the
two
- Establishes a vested interest and a positive history with
each other
- Lends itself to future partnerships
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