Mayors, firefighters help promote literacy for PAT

  • MAYORS – Schulenburg Mayor Elaine Kocian (left) and Weimar Mayor Milton Koller (right) are shown reciting Hickory, Dickory Dock for a YouTube video to promote literacy and assist Schulenburg/Weimar area Parents As Teachers in its online donation campaign. They also sang Itsy, Bitsy Spider and Old MacDonald.
    MAYORS – Schulenburg Mayor Elaine Kocian (left) and Weimar Mayor Milton Koller (right) are shown reciting Hickory, Dickory Dock for a YouTube video to promote literacy and assist Schulenburg/Weimar area Parents As Teachers in its online donation campaign. They also sang Itsy, Bitsy Spider and Old MacDonald.
  • FIREFIGHTERS – Five teams from the Schulenburg Volunteer Fire Department created YouTube videos promoting both literacy and fire safety to assist Schulenburg/Weimar area Parents As Teachers in its online donation campaign. The videos included “Smoke Chant”
    FIREFIGHTERS – Five teams from the Schulenburg Volunteer Fire Department created YouTube videos promoting both literacy and fire safety to assist Schulenburg/Weimar area Parents As Teachers in its online donation campaign. The videos included “Smoke Chant”
  • An SVFD team performs “Stop, Drop and Roll.” Other presentations were “Five Little Firefighters,” “I’m a Happy Fireman” and “I’m a Firefighter.”
    An SVFD team performs “Stop, Drop and Roll.” Other presentations were “Five Little Firefighters,” “I’m a Happy Fireman” and “I’m a Firefighter.”
Nursery rhymes can be an incredibly powerful influence in preschool development. Phonemic skill development gained from nursery rhymes has been scientifically shown to significantly improve reading, spelling and other literacy skills. The Schulenburg/Weimar area Parents As Teachers (PAT) program thanks Mayor Elaine Kocian of Schulenburg and Mayor Milton Koller of Weimar for graciously agreeing…

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