Cramming for kindergarten: Summer program gives young students a jump on school | EdSource Today

The 5-year-olds making animal puppets in a West Oakland classroom think they’re just doing fun arts and crafts, but they’re also the newest recruits in a kindergarten “boot camp” that teaches them essential skills they’ll need when they start school in the fall.

These students, who haven’t previously attended preschool, are attending a summer bridge program aimed at providing a crash course on all things kindergarten. The free programs, held in dozens of counties throughout the state, focus on developing skills children need to succeed in the classroom, like how to wait their turn, raise a hand to answer a question or ask for help, play cooperatively with classmates and deal with time away from family.

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