On April 30, Garden City Public Schools hosted a delightful Primary Literacy and Mathematics Family Fun Night. The event buzzed with excitement as families delved into a variety of engaging workshops tailored to enhance literacy and mathematics skills. Among the literacy offerings were Playing With Words, where Elkonin boxes were used to bolster phonemic awareness, Literacy Adventures, featuring hands-on games focused on vowels, word families, and sentence construction, and Wordless Wonders, showcasing wordless Pixar shorts to spark language comprehension and storytelling. For mathematics, there was the Number Sense Oasis, a hub for developing number sense and reasoning through interactive games, Addition and Subtraction Fact Frenzy, making learning math facts fun, and Game on!, a virtual playground of numbers and problem-solving.
The workshops were facilitated by dedicated primary teachers, who were thrilled to witness families fully engaged in the activities. Christina Cardella, director of mathematics and STEAM K-12, expressed, It was truly heartwarming to see families immerse themselves in the joy of mathematics. While Lauren Kaufman, director of Literacy K-12, added, It was wonderful to witness families embracing literacy in such a hands-on and interactive way. Their enthusiasm mirrored the sentiments of all involved, as the event succeeded not only in enriching literacy and mathematics skills but also in fostering a strong sense of community and learning among all participants.
Special thanks to the student volunteers who facilitated learning activities and helped make the event such a success. Their dedication and enthusiasm were truly appreciated by all.
