Enrichment

Life360 Community Services offers weekly enrichment activities along with our after-school super snacks. We meet our school partners’ needs by investing in their educational vision with the after-school snack program. Our research led us to design the activities described below.

Elementary Enrichment: Interactive Read-Aloud Packs

We provide each elementary classroom with a read-aloud pack to keep for a week. The reading packs are made up of two parts:
1. Character-themed read-aloud with conversation prompts
2. Interactive read-aloud guides

Character themes include:

• Citizenship
• Gratitude
• Inclusion
• Leadership
• Resilience 
• And more!

9/13/21	Ella and Monkey at Sea	Written and Illustrated by Emilie Boon	Read-Aloud Link	Reading Guide Link
9/20/21	Harlem Grown	Written by Tony Hillery and Illustrated by Jessie Hartland	Read-Aloud Link	Reading Guide Link
9/27/21	A Place to Land	Written by Barry Wittenstein and Illustrated by Jerry and Brian Pinkney	Read-Aloud Link	Reading Guide Link
10/4/21	A Bike Like Sergio’s	Written by Maribeth Boelts and Illustrated by Noah Z. Jones	Read-Aloud Link	Reading Guide Link
10/11/21	The Squirrels Who Squabbled	Written by Rachel Bright and Illustrated by Jim Field	Read-Aloud Link	Reading Guide Link
10/18/21	Dandy	Written by Anne Dyckman and Illustrated by Charles Santoso	Read-Aloud Link	Reading Guide Link
10/25/21	Mother Bruce	Written and Illustrated by Ryan Higgins	Read-Aloud Link	Reading Guide Link
11/1/21	Surfer Chick	Written by Kristen Dempsey and Illustrated by Henry Cole	Read-Aloud Link	Reading Guide Link
11/8/21	The Snurtch	Written by Sean Ferrell and Illustrated by Charles Santoso	Read-Aloud Link	Reading Guide Link
11/15/21	A Chip of the Old Block	Written by Jody Jensen Shaffer and Illustrated by Daniel Miyares	Read-Aloud Link	Reading Guide Link
11/22/21	The Doorbell Rang	Written and Illustrated by Pat Hutchins	Read-Aloud Link	Reading Guide Link
11/29/21	When You Are Brave	Written by Pat Zietlow Miller and Illustrated by Eliza Wheeler	Read-Aloud Link	Reading Guide Link
12/6/21	The Thank You Letter	Written and Illustrated by Jane Cabrera	Read-Aloud Link	Reading Guide Link
12/13/21	Bear Came Along	Written by Richard T. Morris and Illustrated by LeUyen Pham	Read-Aloud Link	Reading Guide Link
12/20/21	Mitzvah Pizza	Written by Sarah Lynn Scheerger and Illustrated by Deborah Melmon	Read-Aloud Link	Reading Guide Link
12/27/21	Marisol McDonald Doesn’t Match	Written by Monica Brown and Illustrated by Sara Palacios	Read-Aloud Link	Reading Guide Link
1/3/22	Hey, Hey, Hay!	Written by Christy Mihaly and Illustrated by Joe Cepeda	Read-Aloud Link	Reading Guide Link
1/10/22	More-igami	Written by Dori Kleber and Illustrated by G. Brian Karas	Read-Aloud Link	Reading Guide Link
1/17/22	Big Bed for Little Snow	Written and Illustrated by Grace Lin	Read-Aloud Link	Reading Guide Link
1/24/22	Green Pants	Written and Illustrated by Kenneth Kraegel	Read-Aloud Link	Reading Guide Link
1/31/22	Grumpycorn	Written and Illustrated by Sarah McIntyre	Read-Aloud Link	Reading Guide Link
2/7/22	Super Manny Stands Up	Written by Kelly DiPucchio and Illustrated by Stephanie Graegin	Read-Aloud Link	Reading Guide Link
2/14/22	Puma Dreams	Written by Tony Johnston and Illustrated by Jim Lamarche	Read-Aloud Link	Reading Guide Link
2/21/22	Pig and Small	Written and Illustrated by Alex Latimer	Read-Aloud Link	Reading Guide Link
2/28/22	We Don’t Eat Our Classmates	Written and Illustrated by Ryan Higgins	Read-Aloud Link	Reading Guide Link
3/7/22	Henry and Bea	Written and Illustrated by Jessixa Bagley	Read-Aloud Link	Reading Guide Link
3/14/22	Lemonade in Winter	Written by Emily Jenkins and Illustrated by G. Brian Karas	Read-Aloud Link	Reading Guide Link
3/21/22	Born To Ride	Written by Larissa Theule and Illustrated by Kelsey Garrity-Riley	Read-Aloud Link	Reading Guide Link
3/28/22	Clark the Shark	Written by Bruce Hale and Illustrated by Guy Francis	Read-Aloud Link	Reading Guide Link
4/4/22	Those Shoes	Written by Maribeth Boelts and Illustrated by Noah Z. Jones	Read-Aloud Link	Reading Guide Link
4/11/22	It Came in the Mail	Written and Illustrated by Ben Clanton	Read-Aloud Link	Reading Guide Link
4/18/22	Someone New	Written and Illustrated by Anne Sibley	Read-Aloud Link	Reading Guide Link
4/25/22	Juna’s Jar	Written by Jane Bahk and Illustrated by Felicia Hoshino	Read-Aloud Link	Reading Guide Link
5/2/22	I Talk Like a River	Written by Jordan Scott and Illustrated by Sydney Smith	Read-Aloud Link	Reading Guide Link
5/9/22	Interrupting Chicken	Written and Illustrated by David Ezra Stein	Read-Aloud Link	Reading Guide Link

Secondary: No-prep Wellbeing Conversation Prompts

Every week, middle and high school educators will be provided an edition of the Daily Digest to keep. Each edition includes bite-sized life- lessons for your students to chew on during snack-time.

Topics  include:

• Mental Health
• Physical Health
• Vocation
• Finances
• Community Development

Daily Digest Online PDF	Physical	Mental	Financial	Social	Career
Design 1	Misconceptions about Sleep	When You Get Your Adult Brain	Why We Have Piggy Banks	Intro to Infrastructure	How Influencers Get Paid
Design 2	You Sleep Way Less than Tigers	How Your Brain Grows Up	What Banks Do With Your Money	Ancient Roads vs. Modern Roads	Making Money on YouTube
Design 3	Symptoms of Sleep Deprivation	Battle of Two Brains	Checking vs. Savings	Ancient Farming Misconceptions	Making Money On Instagram
Design 4	Why You Don’t Sleep Enough	More Friends Means More Risks	How to Open a Bank Account	Old Tricks for New Problems	Cashing in on TikTok
Design 5	Tech Hacks for Better Sleep	Perks of a Changing Brain	Payday Loan Popularity	This Founder Gossiped	The Fastest-Growing Job in the U.S.
Design 6	A Sound Heard Around the World	Be Nice to Your Brain	Why Payday Loans are Risky	Surprising Birth Years	Five Dirty and Outdated Jobs
Design 7	No Stereos without Stereocilia	Depression vs. Sadness	The Payday Loan Cycle	The Inventor of the Phones	4 Jobs That No Longer Exist
Design 8	Avoid These Decibel Levels	Sadness vs. Depression Pt. 2	Gen Z’s Feels About $$$	The Faces of US Currency	COVID 19 Fueled the Pizza Industry
Design 9	Teen Hearing Loss: Now vs. Then.	Complicated Causes of Depression	Gen Z’S Financial Future	Aviation Progress	Business for Good
Design 10	Tech Hacks to Protect Your Ears	Ways to Manage Depression	Gen Z’s Job Perks	Fruits of Our History	Business for Good Pt. 2
Design 11	Top 5 Injury-Prone Sports	Missouri Youth Suicide Rates	Wanna Be a Millionaire	Deadly Virus History Pt. 1	Incident Commander
Design 12	The Most Common Sports Injuries	Warning Signs of Suicide	Intro to FOMO	Deadly Virus History Pt. 2	Where Firefighting Takes You
Design 13	How Not to Make it to the NBA	Control Your Worldview	FOMO’s Effect on Finances	Deadly Virus History Pt. 3	Reintroducing Elk in Missouri
Design 14	You Should Diversify in Sports	Shame on You!	FOMO Does This to Your Cash	The Great Deregulation	This 12-Year-Old Makes Bank
Design 15	The Dangers of Overuse	Turn That Frown Upside Down	FOMO For Profit	Roman Gladiator Celebrities	BMETs are in Demand

Get involved

You can help by doing something as simple as packing totes that go into the classrooms with nutritious snacks.

Learn more about joining our mission by volunteering your time and talents.