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As schools debate reopening for the fall, Kids Academy remains committed to offering you the very best program to stem off learning gaps and slides resulting from the summer and the pandemic, or both! Our summer camp course serves as a unique educational experience that students in grades Pre-K through 3^rd Grade 3 can’t find anywhere else.

Is your child ready for kindergarten? For many preschool students, school closures meant cutting the curriculum short or participating in chaotic meetings with classmates that didn’t get much accomplished. To help prevent both the pandemic and summer slide, Kids Academy has prepared an innovative new summer camp course to support your rising kindergartener!

With all the challenges many parents face in light of the Covid-19 pandemic, it can be easy to forget that our kids are suffering through this crisis, too! With the loss of normal daily activities, such as going to school, attending class parties, or even just stopping by grandma and grandpa’s house, it’s easy to see why many children might be frightened about what is going on in the world. Read this article to learn more about your child’s basic emotional needs, and how to support emotional health during this time of crisis.

We’re happy to announce that the new version of Kids Academy for Schools is live! This update brings more tools for educators making it easier to differentiate instruction, follow student assignments, and help prevent the dreaded summer slide.

It has always been important to teach children about germs and preventing the spread of harmful bacteria and viruses, but considering the ongoing national crisis surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic, there has never been a more meaningful time to review handwashing and proper hygiene with kids! But because germs cannot be seen, our little learners sometimes have a tough time grasping the concept or its importance. This article explains how to make it more relatable to kids and shares 4 fabulous DIY experiments for teaching kids about germs!

For many parents, the events surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic have wrought a deleterious effect on family life, work, and schooling. With many parents working remotely, or still traveling to a jobsite as an essential worker, it can seem impossible to support their children’s schooling without them being able to attend class. We know what a challenge this can be for many working parents during these tough times. Read this article to find a parent’s guide to online learning and discover tips to help make it work no matter what.

Summer is almost here, and it’s more than likely that your children are endlessly asking you, “can we go outside?”. So what is a parent to do to stave off crankiness and whining while ensuring that kids get what they need? The answer is to create a new summer schedule for kids that maximizes learning and makes the most of fun-filled seasonal activities! Read this article to find out how to create a killer routine, and find a sample schedule to use as a model for creating your own! 

We’re facing a time unlike any other that we as a society have ever experienced before. Suddenly, teachers and students are trapped at home, attempting to complete schoolwork without stepping foot inside a classroom. Understandably, it can be hard for kids to concentrate given the stress of the pandemic, and summer is just around the corner. All considered, it’s easy to see why many students might lose the motivation to keep going to finish out the school year. Read this article to find 8 tips for motivating kids to learn, even in the face of this unprecedented time.

If you’re like most teachers, you probably would much rather be back in the classroom, effective immediately! Adapting to the challenges of virtual teaching and learning on the fly has been a herculean task for practically everyone involved. By now, most districts and schools have released revised curriculum and plans to finish out the school year, but for many, the question of formative assessment remains: how do we know that the children are still learning? Read this article to learn more about effective formative assessment practices in the online learning environment.

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