Lectores y Amiguitos

Lectores y Amiguitos Program Overview

Lectores y Amiguitos is a Spanish language volunteer program in which fluent Spanish speakers from HGSE and the Harvard community read to second graders at the Amigos Elementary School.  Volunteers read aloud and share conversation in Spanish with students approximately every Monday during the spring semester from 12:10 – 1:20 pm.  

  
The goal of Lectores y Amiguitos is to foster a love of reading in Spanish and to give second graders the opportunity to practice their Spanish oral language and listening skills.  This Spanish program is designed to complement the HGSE Reading Buddies program, in which volunteers read one-on-one with students in English.   

Both programs are coordinated by the HGSE Office of Student Affairs through the GIVES Program, in collaboration with Cambridge School Volunteers (CSV), Inc.  Through a training session led by Amigos School educators and CSV staff, volunteers in the program learn how reading aloud can promote literacy, as well as learning strategies and techniques useful for reading to students in their second language.

To learn more about the Lectores y Amiguitos Program, contact the Office of Student Affairs at 617-495-8035 or email our staff contact member,  Tracie Jones,  who can be reached at tracie_jones@gse.harvard.edu.