Reminder: Marbles' Kick-Off to Kindergarten Thursday

Just a reminder: If your little one is a rising kindergartner heading to a year-round school next month, Marbles Kids Museum has an event for you.

The Year-Round Kick-Off to Kindergarten is 5 p.m. to 6 p.m., Thursday, at the downtown Raleigh museum. The annual event gives rising kindergartners a chance to learn more about what kindergarten has to offer and practice activities such as boarding a school bus, taking a gym class and sitting in circle time.

The event is free for rising kindergartners and their families.

For rising kindergartners going to a traditional calendar school, the Kick-Off to Kindergarten is 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Aug. 22.