Let's Get Ready for Kindergarten
Kim Workman
Rising Kindergartners
June 15 – June 19 • 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. (Session I) No Camp on June 19
$335
June 22 – June 26 • 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. (Session II)
$415
The first day of kindergarten is right around the corner! This camp has been developed to provide a taste of what Kindergarten will feel like for your child, with a focus on introducing basic reading and math skills.
Kindergartners will use familiar nursery rhymes and fairy tales to introduce campers to many important reading skills, such as identifying familiar letters and sounds, looking at pictures for clues, tracking from left to right, pointing to text and matching our voices to the words we read. Familiar rhymes and stories will help develop your child’s confidence and eagerness to “have a go” at reading!
The math content of our camp focuses on number identification, practicing written number formation, sorting and recognizing and extending and creating patterns. We utilize many math manipulatives to incorporate the practice of fine motor skills. Card games are also taught as a fun way to reinforce math concepts. While campers will think they are just having fun, they will really be strengthening their mathematical abilities, such as problem-solving skills, number sense, spatial skills, memory and much more. There are so many math skills that can be learned from a deck of cards!
We will also be visiting the library, creating art projects, playing at center time and getting to know the Lower School campus. Our camp will culminate in a celebration on the last day, when the children will be encouraged to come to camp dressed as their favorite nursery rhyme or fairy tale character. Each child will take home a book of rhymes and stories, plus a standard deck of cards and a copy of "Let’s Play Cards."
The math content of our camp focuses on number identification, practicing written number formation, sorting and recognizing and extending and creating patterns. We utilize many math manipulatives to incorporate the practice of fine motor skills. Card games are also taught as a fun way to reinforce math concepts. While campers will think they are just having fun, they will really be strengthening their mathematical abilities, such as problem-solving skills, number sense, spatial skills, memory and much more. There are so many math skills that can be learned from a deck of cards!
We will also be visiting the library, creating art projects, playing at center time and getting to know the Lower School campus. Our camp will culminate in a celebration on the last day, when the children will be encouraged to come to camp dressed as their favorite nursery rhyme or fairy tale character. Each child will take home a book of rhymes and stories, plus a standard deck of cards and a copy of "Let’s Play Cards."
Kim Workman graduated from Longwood University and is a National Board Certification candidate. She is a Kindergarten teacher at Collegiate and has been teaching for 15 years.
Sarah Dunn graduated from James Madison University, where she received her master’s degree in special education. Sarah is a teacher at Collegiate and has been teaching for eight years.
For more information, contact Kim Workman at kimberly_workman@collegiate-va.org.