The Academy of McKay's Mill Online Newsletter : Ocean Bags

5/16/14

Ocean Bags

Who loves Pinterest? Better question, who DOESN'T love Pinterest?! A really neat sensory idea that we found was ocean bags! With their teacher's help, the kids squeezed hair gel into a Ziploc bag & added fish, sharks & crabs. The result was a personal ocean for each child. They loved squishing the fish around making them swim.

Reason #654 that Pinterest is an amazing tool to educators!

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KINDERGARTEN BOOT CAMP: AN ACADEMY EXCLUSIVE

The Academy is recognized by the community for our kindergarten specific programs including our one-of-a-kind Kindergarten Boot Camp. Our Pre-K program includes hands-on explorations that create new learning connections in language, math, science, social, emotional and physical development. Children investigate “Big Ideas” and are actively involved in seeking answers to their own questions. Intentional daily plans cover a specific range of guidelines that prepare our children to meet and exceed kindergarten readiness standards for both public and private schools. Kindergarten Boot Camp, offered exclusively by Never Grow Up, is a dedicated summer program that teaches important, yet often overlooked, skills needed to navigate kindergarten with confidence. Skills such as remembering a lunch number, carrying a lunch tray or returning a library book are examples of how we “train” our Academy kids to “be all they can be”!