After students are selected to perform, age-appropriate games that reinforce the stories are created from poster board and markers. Groups of students are then assigned to a Headstart Center so that the ratio of middle school students to Headstart children is one to one. Students travel to Headstart to perform their stories, share the games and have lunch with the children. There is also free play after lunch so that the middle school students can interact with the Headstart children one on one. Other events have included hosting the Headstart children at our school and performing plays about letters and numbers, an Easter Egg Hunt, and a field day as a celebration near the end of the year.
Students participate in reflection on a daily basis through discussion, writing and drawing.