Dress Up as Pete The Cat

A volunteer is needed at the Countdown To Kindergarten Event who can wear the Pete the Cat Costume. The volunteer is needed from 10:30 AM - 2 PM but will be in the costume for two, one-hour periods. Countdown to Kindergarten is a special day for families who are getting their children ready to enter Kindergarten. The event brings more than 1200 guests to the Parker each spring – hundreds of four-year-olds from pre-K programs in Broward County, along with their families - to learn the essential steps to be ready to enter Kindergarten. This collaborative event is part of a community-wide initiative to promote literacy called “Broward Reads: The Campaign for Grade Level Reading. More than 30 community organizations come together to create a festival atmosphere with resources for school readiness, arts and crafts, book giveaways, a live DJ, a petting zoo, storytelling and more The highlight of the day is a live performance of the children’s classic fairy-tale The Three Little Pigs. Families receive complimentary tickets to the show and a copy of the book to read aloud to their children. Study guides are available in four languages (English, Spanish, Portuguese and Creyol) to promote reading at home for our diverse community. This program is just one of many early childhood learning programs that Broward Center is part of that are helping students learn through the arts.