{"id":181,"date":"2015-03-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.playworks.org\/wisconsin\/2015\/03\/10\/times-ive-seen-kids-smile\/"},"modified":"2025-04-02T16:49:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T21:49:25","slug":"times-ive-seen-kids-smile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.playworks.org\/wisconsin\/2015\/03\/10\/times-ive-seen-kids-smile\/","title":{"rendered":"Times I&#8217;ve Seen Kids Smile"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-cef1711e-cc8e-997e-501d-425ee64e6e7c\">In honor of AmeriCorps Week, I would like to share a few defining moments I had as an AmeriCorps member serving with Playworks. There are so many moments throughout each day when I am able to positively impact students and the school community. Since the start of the school year there have been countless defining moments where I have seen progression with students, with our school, and with myself. To attempt to honor many of these moments, I wrote a poem highlighting some that resonate with me, and hopefully with my students as well. Entitled, \u201cTimes I\u2019ve Seen Kids Smile,\u201d the poem is a record of just that. I am grateful and excited about all of the opportunities that being a Playworks AmeriCorps member provides, and am excited for many more. Power to Play!<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-cef1711e-cc8d-c782-e9f5-8038b6a86dfe\">Earning all our stars after a rockin\u2019 CGT<\/span><br \/>\nAfter weeks and weeks of 1 star or even 3!<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-cef1711e-cc8d-c782-e9f5-8038b6a86dfe\">A smile so enormous that it\u2019s deafeningly loud<\/span><br \/>\nAfter I took a knee, and said, \u201cHey, you make me proud.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-cef1711e-cc8d-c782-e9f5-8038b6a86dfe\">Basketball and Kickball, 3 lines or 1<\/span><br \/>\nAnd a K5 class who lives up to their name: \u201cTeam Fun\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-cef1711e-cc8d-c782-e9f5-8038b6a86dfe\">Butterfly Tags at recess for JC\u2019s without socks<\/span><br \/>\nAnd empathic responses we all know to \u201cWHO ROCKS, WHO ROCKS?\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-cef1711e-cc8d-c782-e9f5-8038b6a86dfe\">Missing teeth in first-grade grins as they jump up for high fives<\/span><br \/>\nAnd a smile from an assistant coach who is learning what it means to strive<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-cef1711e-cc8d-c782-e9f5-8038b6a86dfe\">Sometimes it&#8217;s easy to see boundaries broken, and cones thrown every which way<\/span><br \/>\nBut when push comes to shove, we step in with love, and that counts at the end of the day<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-cef1711e-cc8d-c782-e9f5-8038b6a86dfe\">Whether it\u2019s four square or zombie tag or a new, made-up handshake<\/span><br \/>\nThe language of play finds new words every day, and the fun is impossible to fake<\/p>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div><em>About the Author: Coach Kevin Rodgers is a first year AmeriCorps Program Coordinator serving at Hopkins Lloyd Community School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In honor of AmeriCorps Week, I would like to share a few defining moments I had as an AmeriCorps member serving with Playworks. 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