About 2023-2024 Volunteer Season

SEEDS Program Information

(Standards-based Educational Experiences Delivery System)


SEEDS is a volunteer program designed to increase the number of critical oral language and literacy skills young children experience. This is done by having SEEDS volunteers work with small groups of children for twenty minutes twice a week using a wide variety of books over an extended period of time. Each SEEDS session includes reading a children's book aloud and asking open-ended questions related to the content of the book. These experiences support and expand the skills children learn in the classroom under the leadership of the teacher.

Volunteers are encouraged to have several back-and-forth conversations with each child. Interactions with the volunteers and with the materials and activities give children additional face-to-face time with an adult, enabling them to participate and learn in a more personal way.

The SEEDS program uses a step-by-step program that includes a weekly book and any manipulatives and materials needed to complete the designated tasks. SEEDS program bags can be found in the cabinets in the multi-purpose room where you will be working with each child for easy accessibility. A schedule of stories can be found on the back of this sheet and will also be displayed inside the main cabinet of SEEDS bags.

Procedures to volunteer with the SEEDS program will be explained at Volunteer Orientation or prior to your first volunteer session.