Kickoff to Kindergarten

Saturday, August 21

9:00am-11:30am

Kick off your child's successful school career at Kickoff to Kindergarten at Marbles Kids Museum! Celebrate this major milestone with purposeful play and practice to prepare you for the first day of school. Experts in nutrition, education, healthy living, proper immunization and other areas of concern will be on hand to answer questions for parents and provide age-appropriate activities for the kindergartners. This event is free to rising or current kindergartners and their families.

Please note: The museum will open to the general public at 12:00pm on Saturday, August 21.

For Kindergartners

• Take part in a PE class
  
• Board a real school bus
• Go through a pretend lunch line
• Create an "All About Me" book to share with your teacher
• Learn to pack your backpack
• Ask a first grader all about kindergarten
  

For Grown-Ups

• Receive valuable information to help ease your child's transition and yours
• Ask health and immunization questions
• Talk with a mom and dad
• Get tips on packing healthy lunches
• Ask a teacher any questions you might have
  

Our Partners

• Advocates for Health in Action
• Be Active North Carolina
• GlaxoSmithKline
• NC Association for the Education of Young Children
  
• Power of K
• Project Enlightenment
• Raleigh District Dietetic Association
• Ready to Learn
• UNC-TV
• WakeMed Health & Hospitals
• Wake County Human Services
• Wake County Public Libraries
  
• Wake County Public School System