Park Prep Academy

✨ Creativity + Collaboration = Learning! 🦎💚

Our preschoolers worked together while playing then created these adorable geckos while strengthening those little fingers and building dexterity! 🖐️🎨 Every pinch, peel, and stick helps develop important fine-motor skills while letting their creativity shine. 🌈✨

Learning is always more fun when we create together! 🥰💛

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🚔💙 A BIG thank you to Jersey City Police Officer Rosie and team for spending time with our campers today!

Our campers loved learning about the important role police officers play in keeping our community safe and helping others every day. We are so grateful for the time you took to visit us and make learning so much fun! 💙⭐️

Our campers had the BEST time during Creative Movement Class! 🎶 From dancing and moving to music to letting their imaginations shine, there were smiles, giggles, and lots of happy energy! 💕🌟

Then we got creative and made the most BEAUTIFUL colorful sun catchers! 🎨🌈☀️🌟

What a fun-filled day of movement, creativity, and sunshine! ☀️🎨We love making summer memories together! 🥳🌈💫

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📚💙 What an AMAZING morning our Park Prep Academy campers had visiting the Heights Branch of the Jersey City Public Library! We are so incredibly grateful to Mr. Gus, Branch Manager, for welcoming us with such warmth, enthusiasm, and kindness while giving our campers an engaging tour and teaching them all about the important role libraries and librarians play in our community. 🌟📖 Our students loved walking down the avenue together, exploring this wonderful neighborhood treasure, and ending our visit with a special storytime that sparked even more excitement for reading! 🚶‍♀️📚✨ We truly feel so lucky to be part of a community that values learning, curiosity, and connection. Thank you, Mr. Gus, and the entire staff of the Heights Branch of the Jersey City Public Library, for making today so memorable! ❤️🏫📚 Jersey City Free Public Library

☀️🧪 Mad Science made camp even more exciting today!

Our little scientists had an amazing time exploring chemical reactions using pipettes, carefully mixing and observing what happened before their very eyes. Then, they transformed into junior paleontologists, digging for dinosaur bones and fossils while making exciting discoveries along the way! 🦖⛏️🔬

Hands-on learning, curiosity, and imagination came together for a day full of science, exploration, and fun. We cannot wait to see what next week’s experiment has in store!

🌈✨ Just like our campers, every rainbow is one of a kind! 💛

Today we created colorful rainbows using 🌈 clay, 🧶 pipe cleaners, and ⭐ stickers—and no two were exactly alike! We love celebrating the creativity, imagination, and uniqueness that makes each of the PPA kiddos so special! 🥰🎨

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🦎✨ What a WILD day at Park Prep Academy! 🐍🐸

Our campers had an unforgettable hands-on reptile adventure with Mr. Juan from ! 💚

They had the opportunity to get up close with a Bearded Dragon 🦎, Leopard Gecko 🦎, Crested Gecko 🦎, Pacman Frog 🐸, two King Snakes 🐍 🐍, a Ball Python 🐍, and two friendly Corn Snakes 🐍 🐍.

The campers 💚 LOVED 💚 petting many of these incredible creatures and our bravest campers even chose to wear the Corn Snakes around their shoulders! 😄👏🐍 What an exciting way to learn about reptiles and amphibians through hands-on exploration!

A huge THANK YOU to Mr. Juan and for sharing your knowledge, enthusiasm, and amazing animals with us. It was an educational, interactive, and unforgettable experience! ❤️🦎🐍

🌟 We can’t wait to have you back in August Camp for the Small Mammals + Reptile show! 🦔🐢🐇🦎

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