Kindergarten Readiness Camps Photo by Woodley Wonderworks
You’ve heard of summer camp, weight loss camp, and space camp, but kindergarten readiness camp? Across America offer kindergarten readiness camps are springing up to help get kids prepared for kindergarten! So what is kindergarten readiness camp? Kindergarten readiness camp helps walk children and their parents through what the typical kindergarten experience entails and helps ensure that children are developmentally ready for kindergarten.
It’s nearly back to school time and some preschoolers heading to kindergarten may be riddled with anxiety. No doubt this is mostly due to the unknown. Fortunately kindergarten readiness camp can resolve some of this turmoil.
The Learning Train, a camp in Greensboro, North Carolina offers a week long day camp for 85 dollars which gives students practice in the classroom for about three hours each day. The former preschoolers get to experience kindergarten type activities such as circle time. Children get to walk through practical things like how to go through the cafeteria line with their trays. The children are also screened in terms of emotional, physical, and academic kindergarten readiness before and after the camp. Parents are also provided with practical information such as how to interpret their child’s report cards.
The Creek Preschool in Orange, California offers kindergarten readiness camp for children who will be entering Pre-Kindergarten or Kindergarten in the fall. Children learn hands-on about essential kindergarten readiness skills like patterning, sequencing, letter and number recognition and sound.
E. Nopi in North Carolina also provides a kindergarten readiness camp for $125. The camp gets the children ready to meet the state’s content standards. During this one week camp, children’s literacy skills are assessed and individualized plans for each child’s developmental needs. Children also work on problem solving skills.
The Eden YMCA in Hayward, California also offers a kindergarten readiness program featuring 3 quarterly sessions ranging from $175-$200 each and each session covering different skills.
From a parent’s perspective, kindergarten readiness camps may prove to be valuable as some school districts do not screen children until they are already in kindergarten. Kindergarten readiness camps may reduce anxiety, make the transition from preschool to kindergarten smooth, and help parents understand more about the nature of education. Camps of this nature may be worth the money, especially if the child is particularly apprehensive about entering kindergarten, even if he or she is doing well in a daycare center.
Niche child care is important to marketing daycare services and getting a leg up on the competition. Adding kindergarten readiness camp during the summer can boost enrollment as well as your income.
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