Penn College News

Hearts and crafts

Tuesday, May 7, 2019

Lending a helping hand to little fingersThe Bears pose with their creations and their “assistants” (from left): Neva E. Simcox, group leader; Gilmour; and Marisa J. Dunn, assistant group leader. Dunn, a 2017 early childhood education graduate, is an applied management student.Delighting in a daffodilHands-on education, in miniatureThe Birds soar with excitement, posing with the president. (Photo provided)Penn College President Davie Jane Gilmour visited the Dunham Children's Learning Center on Tuesday, bringing the requisite supplies for an art project with the facility's Birds (ages 4 and 5) and Bears (ages 3 and 4). The president helped the youngsters make cute daffodils – fitting, given the ample sunshine of the past two days – and told each child "to give it to someone in your family who you love."