United Way of Lake County’s free Kindergarten Countdown Camp — open to students in Waukegan and four other county communities — provides the jumpstart to incoming kindergarten students …
Kindergarten Countdown Camp campers relax during a session during a previous summer. Students at Waukegan’s Robbie M. Lightfoot Early Learning Center learn how to raise their hand to speak, how to write their name, recognize the letters of the alphabet, the value of numbers and much more that is assumed when they enter kindergarten.
Success By 6 program manager Rosa Herrera, who oversees Camp Countdown, said a large percentage of campers develop socially, emotionally and academically over the summer so they can enter kindergarten on a level playing field. As United Way officials started looking at the performance of kindergarten-age children in different districts in Lake County, Herrera said they targeted those where the need was greatest.
When the coronavirus pandemic shuttered schools four years ago, Cesario said some children did not know anyone outside of their household. It took a while before they had the opportunity to socialize with peers. Preschoolers got the exposure, but others did not. “They’ll become familiar with a book,” Herrera said. “They’ll learn to recognize the cover and how to open it. They’ll learn early math skills. We’ll show them three apples, and put two more there so they see five. We’ll take two away, so they see three.”
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