We received a free week at camp at Kindercare for a earlier campaign I did.  Kindercare is a daycare/school fot young kids, They have preschool and kindergarten. During the summer they dedicate each week to a new camp, like fiesta kitchen and Water play.

My daughter Alex is 5 and will be starting Kindergarten in the fall, but she has never been to preschool. So I was a little nervous about how she would react in the Fall when school starts. Luckily this opportunity for Summer camp came up and I thought it would be the perfect time to send her and let her get use to being away from me and interacting with others. She decided on Water Play week!  On her first day I was so nervous, but according to the Teacher, after I dropped her off she went straight into the classroom, grabbed a girls hand and started playing.

Her first day she said that they played throuth the sprinkler and were making different things with water. She was so proud that she finally realized she loved oatmeal, which they were given for lunch. I thought that was so funny, considering I’ve tried to give it to her so many times.

Throughout the week, they played outside in the water and did various water activitys (which is good because it was hitting 90 degrees).  Then after camp they would play games and draw pictures.

The came the last day, she was so sad to go but had learned a ton. She was singing songs, telling me the name of all her new friends and actually had a bit more confidence for being away from mom and playing with others.

She loved being able to do this, and the teachers and director were so nice.

Disclosure: No compensation was received at all for this post, I had no obligation to write about my experience with Kindercare. Just wanted to share.