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STEP into Kindergarten Program Highlights: <br />• FREE Summer progrom that promotes readiness for school success and a positive <br />transition to kindergarten in the. School District of 'Indian River County <br />n; Certified teachers and highly qualified paraprofessionals <br />o Transportation, breakfast and lunch are provided <br />Extended Academic Learning Time: <br />• Research -based curricuium and intervention program;/resources <br />o Houghton -Mifflin. Conscious Discipline, KinderBound by McGraw Hill, Nemours Bright Start, <br />Fundations resources <br />• <br />Developmentally appropriate lessons <br />o Review the Florida Early Learning and Developmental Standards for Four -Year -Olds; Preview the <br />Florida Stdte Standards for Kindergarten in English Language Arts and Mathematics <br />• Literacy -based instruction: three whole group instructional periods (comprehension. math and shared <br />reading) are taught using high-quality childreris literature.. <br />• Center time: hands-on activities, rnanipulatives, music, technology and arts 6 crafts <br />• STEAM activities. Digital Readiness and Basic Coding <br />'TodaJ was Z..w s first dab of leis dergart ...The .srep program helped hErf Er wets we weren't <br />thEri¢irgof. 'VAenBaur clddd.Eseet± rea_dt for i2indereart n, fou don't think of (hErb) veedw.gto'be <br />familiar w th the car drop off live. the cafeteria lint, and die we pEaegrouwd. you are thEmleEng... is ke <br />going to be oiulu,. Es ke going to be scared. Ls he go s g to uwcltrstandt white ke was En STEP over the <br />sure w.er, ke 14,4. so arkaarad wonderful, teachers and got to understand wink' there was a poltcew.av s <br />car outside ever ruorwir4 rtt learnal songs, things about value. how to write his 4,42 Piet ',wail, and what <br />being in. a Zi4 school is We. r loved sm. so muck ch anal would most cer'wivitb recoww end it to parents <br />w &laver,. era tering rundergar`..Gn. The itlr g ora the eche was whew 3.w. went for orientation., he had the <br />same tea cli'.er.he loved so muck from -STEP. There were a couple of the kids from STEP in kis Class as weU, <br />did not end this morning when raj hvsbnrd and d dropped hint off r wondered whj r wasn't bawling tLize <br />a babj like r did watts, our dawglitrr. It dawned on pint the reason i didn't erj ...because 1 was confident in <br />h'ar� <br />beme prepared for i dlorgarten,.. all because of the sT progro tt. <br />—2ote STEP into WGiv✓lergaitem. Parent <br />12_ <br />Relationship Building/ Social/Emotional Connections: <br />• Morning meeting/circle time <br />• Students attend classes with children from their zoned school. <br />• Small group instruction at least twice each day, meeting the individual needs of the students <br />• Students receive copies of some of the books used during the program to keep and share with their <br />families. <br />• Fomilies receive a `Take -Horne Backpack' that includes a Parent Guide with easy tips and ideas to support <br />their child's learning et horse. This resource also contains interactive activities and additional fiction and <br />non-fiction literature. <br />• IMPACT Parent Academies focus on creating Home and School Families that strengthen positive <br />relatiorwhips between adults and children. <br />6 <br />30 <br />63 <br />