• Kids' college makes learning active endeavor

    Most children don’t get to college until they’re 18. However, the Kids’ College program at Eastern New Mexico University provides children the opportunity to not only stay active during the summer, but experience fun and educational activities on a real college campus.
    Kids’ College is an annual program offered at ENMU designed to provide summer enrichment as well as physical activity for children.
    Lead teacher Amanda Lale says changes have been made to this year’s program.
    “This year features more counselor involvement,” Lale said. “The past couple years everything was pretty much planned for us. Now this year the counselors all sit down and plan things, such as our weekly theme.”
    Themes such as the Olympics, dinosaurs and outer space integrate fun into the learning process for children.
    The children do physical education every morning, with games varying from kickball to dodgeball.
    “We did Olympic stuff (Monday),” said 5-year old Nico Arango. “We had to run, and walk backwards and jump rope.”

    To view the full online article visit PNTonline at     http://pntonline.com/2013/06/25/kids-college-makes-learning-active-endeavor/

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