T. J. Samson Service Learning Project

Mrs. Morgan, Mrs. Phelps, and Mrs. Vibbert's reading class visited the T. J. Samson Nursery on Friday for a service learning project. This project started in December, when our reading class read several books about babies. The students were very interested in the subject of babies and how they grow and change. We decided to write a book that was written to a brand new baby. Each child told "the baby" how they would change as they grew and then draw a picture about it. Mrs. Morgan used MixBook.com to create a hardcover book (pictured above) that included the students' words and drawings as well as the students' baby pictures. Barren County Community Education provided a grant to have these books printed. Each student received their very own copy of the book and the reminding 25 books were presented to the nurses at the T. J. Samson Nursery. These books will be given to the next 25 new parents that give birth at T. J. Hopefully, the books will be a special keepsake for all those involved for many years to come!

Nurse Kinslow gives us each a coloring book about babies!

Nurse Kinslow shows us a delivery room.

We got to check out the fish tank in Pediatrics.

Here we are checking out a bed in one of the pediatric rooms.

We got to see the special rooms that kids stay in when they are admitted to the hospital.

Here we are taking a tour of the hospital.

Carmen is presenting our books to two of the T.J. nurses.

Here we are looking at the newborns through the nursery window.

We got to see a brand new baby!