Article: KINDER KAMP HELPS KINDERGARTNERS DEVELOP SKILLS THEY'LL NEED TO INTERACT IN FIRST GRADE

PHOTO (COLOR) Children play with a parachute as part of Kinder Kamp, a project for youngsters about to enter the first grade. (Color)(Post-Tribune photo by Larry A. Bretts)

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Somewhere between kindergarten and first grade comes Kinder Camp, a four- week project for 19 pupils to get to know school a little better. Teacher Phyllis White said the Kinder Camp at Central School on Russell Street is a one-shot project designed to help children who are not quite ready for the first grade.

"We help the children have fun and at the same time develop their motor skills and better prepare them for the first ...

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