Adopt-a-Camp-Kindergarten
Do you remember your first day of school? I still remember mine. I was barely 5 years old and didn’t know anyone in my classroom. I was nervous and confused. I couldn’t understand why I had to sit in my chair when there were so many toys throughout the room that I could be playing with. Or why I had to have “nap time” when I would have rather been watching my favorite cartoons at home. In short, it was a stressful day.
The transition to kindergarten isn’t an easy one for kids. But we can make it as smooth as possible by making sure the children in our community are prepared when they arrive. It is our long-term goal that by 2018 all children in our community will be prepared to enter kindergarten. How can you help?
I’m so glad you asked! This year, 25 area schools in Jefferson and Floyd Counties will hold Camp Kindergartens. During Camp Kindergarten children will be able to meet their teacher, take a tour of their school and learn bus safety – all to prepare them for their first day of school! Soon-to-be kindergarteners will also receive backpacks and school supplies that they will use throughout the year.
This is where you come in! Your workplace or civic group can participate by adopting a Camp Kindergarten school or classroom and collecting the needed supplies for them. You might even be able to volunteer on the day of your site’s Camp Kindergarten and see the smiles on the kids’ faces when they get their backpacks.
Just click here for a list of schools and instructions on how to get involved!
Thanks Sommer for sharing your memory of your first day of kindergartwn.
Let me share my memories, my first day was on my birthday. Talk about not wanting to stay in my chair, listen to someone I didn’t know, having to call her Miss. What was this raising hands business? The only good thing was my best friend and neighbor Ginny was in the same class. Lucky for me it was neighborhood school, though Ginny and I were allowed to walk to school, there were many days we decided to stop off at the park first – but that is a whole other blog!