Getting your child ready for kindergarten can be as easy as carving out 15 minutes a day.
There's a new free Pre-K program that lets parents and kids work side-by-side on activities that prepare kids for school. It is called Waterford Upstart, and it is now available to children across Connecticut.
In Bridgeport, five-year-old Kaiden looks forward to completing activities every day.
“Look at this word. Read it out loud! Some of these words are not real words,” his laptop challenges him.
The exercises are more than entertaining; they are helping him prepare for kindergarten.
“We've been doing a lot of getting his alphabets, learning his syllables, how to break up the words," Rakiya Smith, Kaiden’s mom, said.
Kaiden was part of the Waterford Upstart Summer Learning Path pilot program this summer. He wraps up net week before heading to a classroom.