“IT’S A T-REX!” Anthony and his classmates spent the morning working as paleontologists, using excavation tools to dig through stones to find hidden dinosaurs. Anthony was the first to dig through his stone and was excited to find the imprint of a tyrannosaurus rex. The activity was part of Kindergarten Countdown Camp, a free summer […]
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Singing Success This summer, Dayana entered UWLC’s Kindergarten Countdown Camp as the shyest and most quiet student in her class. Within just a few days, Dayana began confidently belting out the alphabet and leading the class number song! KCC is a free summer learning program for incoming kindergarten students who have little to no preschool […]
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Kindergarten Countdown Camp: Math and Pancakes This summer Sebastian learned how to make pancakes! The experience was part of United Way of Lake County’s Kindergarten Countdown Camp (KCC), a free summer learning program for incoming kindergarten students who have little to no preschool experience. Sebastian struggled with separation anxiety when he first entered KCC. Sebastian’s […]
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Kindergarten Countdown Camp: Transforming Children’s Confidence Kelvy is 5 years old. In these first years of his life, Kelvy was cared for by his mom at home. He had very little interaction with people outside his family and was extremely shy. This spring, Kelvy joined a soccer team. Each trip to soccer was difficult. Kelvy […]
Continue readingWe are thrilled to share the next post in our Kindergarten Countdown Camp (KCC) summer blog series. Up next, we’d like to introduce Julia Paukert who will be sharing their experience as a KCC volunteer this summer. What is your role at Kindergarten Countdown Camp (KCC)? My role at camp was assisting the teacher in […]
Continue readingWe are thrilled to share the next post in our Kindergarten Countdown Camp (KCC) summer blog series. Up next, we’d like to introduce Sarah Breen, a Round Lake educator, sharing her experience as a KCC teacher this summer. What is your role at Kindergarten Countdown Camp? I’m a kindergarten teacher this summer for Kindergarten Countdown […]
Continue readingUp next for our Kindergarten Countdown Camp (KCC) summer blog series is Evelin Herrera, a KCC parent, sharing her perspective on how camp has benefited her daughter who entered kindergarten this past fall. This summer, Evelin organized a volunteer event at her work (VW Credit) to create literacy kits for the children attending KCC this […]
Continue readingUp next for our Kindergarten Countdown Camp (KCC) summer blog series, we’d like to introduce Jason Smith, the principal at Pleviak Elementary School. During the month of June, 30 students are attending a 3-week KCC at Pleviak Elementary in Round Lake. What benefits does Kindergarten Countdown Camp have for the children and families attending? Kindergarten […]
Continue readingWe are thrilled to share the last post in our Waukegan Kindergarten Countdown Camp (KCC) summer blog series. Here to wrap things is our Success By 6 Program Manager, Edna Galvan, sharing her reflection of camp this summer at Lyon Elementary School. What is your role at Camp? Whenever I had the opportunity to visit camp, I would […]
Continue readingWe are thrilled to share the next post in our Kindergarten Countdown Camp (KCC) summer blog series that kicked off in Waukegan on June 19th. Up next, we have Suzanne Neumann, a volunteer Reading Buddy, sharing her reflection of the past several weeks of camp: What is your role at Camp? I am a volunteer […]
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