For kids, play time can be learning time. Preschool age is an important time for developing social skills. At Cornell University, in a club called Big Red Buddies, students volunteer to spend time with the next generation.

“The teachers might need someone to help clean up or read stories or play games, and then they’re also interacting with the kids and just going off kind of what the kids might need,” said Bethany Resnick, the advisor for Big Red Buddies.

Watch and read about this Einhorn Center student-run program on Spectrum News 1.