Afternoon Enrichment Programs
All enrichment programs meet from 11:45AM to 2:30PM
Magical Mystery
Tuesday & Thursday
Three years six months to five years old.
When you venture on our magical mystery tour, anything can happen! Ogres run wild, dragons sing, and pirates sail to a land where imagination is king. Grab your scuba gear as we dive down under the sea and don’t forget your binoculars as we forage through a tropical paradise! Take magical wings and become airborne as we fly back in time to a land where dinosaurs roam freely or stop along the way at a medieval village with knights, princesses, and even fairies! This class celebrates a child’s sense of wonder through fabulous and fanciful children’s literature, while simultaneously incorporating higher-level science and social studies concepts. Enchanting art, music, drama, and cooking activities will allow our imaginative and kinesthetic skills to flourish!
Fizz, Bubble, Pop
Tuesday & Thursday
Three years nine months to six years old.
How do you turn a class of learners into a roomful of wide eyes and giggles? The answer is by providing fascinating experiments that children will create and explore for themselves. From spinning eggs to shadow and light rooms, these activities will turn your child into a super scientist! We will investigate our five senses, kitchen chemistry, the solar system, our human body and more. For example, during our kitchen chemistry unit, our Fizz Bubble and Pop students will work with their own set of test tubes, mixing everyday kitchen ingredients and discovering what happens when certain ingredients are mixed. They will bake cakes, leaving out an essential ingredient in each one. Will their predictions be correct? They will find out when they see and taste the finished results! Our goal is to stimulate you child’s sense of curiosity and discovery and help your child evaluate his or her natural surroundings.
World Travelers
Monday, Wednesday & Friday
Four to six years old.
Grab your passport and imagination as we get ready to travel around the world! Using literature and video as our guides, World Travelers is an exciting and challenging curriculum that expands children’s horizons beyond the school into the wider world. Our young travelers will use foreign languages, art, cooking, science experiments, and song and dance to develop respect and understanding for other cultures. History and geography concepts are stimulated through hands-on activities, while field trips further advance our “World Travelers” understandings. Some of the countries we have studied include Mexico, Japan, China, Russia, India, France, Italy, Australia, Israel, Costa Rica, and Kenya.
Hello America!
Tuesday & Thursday
Four to six years old.
From lobstering in Maine to apple-picking in Washington, children will visit every corner of our glorious country and learn about each state’s unique history and personality. The USA will come alive through arts, social studies, science and cooking. Great literature and special field trips will help make our journey even more exciting! With each state, we focus on one important aspect. For example, when studying the state of Vermont, we learn about the maple trees and maple syrup. We read a non-fiction book or two to learn more about the process of maple syruping and then a fun fictional tale such as Pancakes, Pancakes. Following this, the children will have the opportunity to cook their own pancakes and pour on Vermont maple syrup and compare it to corn syrup. Using our senses helps us learn even more about Vermont!
Innovation Station
Monday & Wednesday
Three years six months to five years old.
Nothing is out of reach when you use your imagination and a wide variety of tools and materials. Young children are curious, open, natural learners. They want to know how things work- the essential STEAM question. STEAM is a research-based, educational approach that uses Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Mathematics. STEAM engages students in challenging activities that inspire meaningful collaboration and the development of essential critical thinking skills. While working on a challenge, students are placed in groups that enhance their learning and communication skills. They learn how to help each other and use their strengths to successfully complete the project as a team.
Through a STEAM approach, children are encouraged to ask questions, imagine, plan, create, test and improve their designs. Since the arts are a natural part of early childhood education, our Innovators will focus on their own creations and designs, while learning the basic concepts of engineering and architecture. STEAM offers students a unique way to value the arts. Our goal is to encourage the children’s natural inquisitiveness and build a love of learning.
Oodles & Doodles
Friday
Three years six months to five years old.
Join the class that helps children’s imaginations soar through the intrinsic value and joy of the arts! Loris Malagussi, pioneer of the renowned schools in Reggio Emilia, Italy, stresses that art provides opportunities to think, create, discover, problem solve and build confidence. He explains that art is “a hundred worlds to discover, a hundred worlds to invent, a hundred worlds to dream!” Jessica Davis, founding director of Harvard’s Arts in Education, concurs, “When we educate children in the arts, we provide them with another way to communicate and comprehend the world!”
Experimenting with different art tools and mediums will stimulate children’s minds as they invent, imagine, create and communicate in fresh ways. Our artists will be encouraged to represent their understandings in many ways, make personal connections to their work, listen and collaborate with others, and talk about and play with their ideas.
Summer Camp
Hours & Days Announced Closer to Summer
Three years three months to six years old.
Summer is a special and wonderful time for children, a time to wonder, explore, and discover. It is a time to wiggle toes in the sand, paint with your fingers and feet, and blow bubbles in the summer breeze. It’s also a time to read exciting stories and take a pretend flight to new destinations. At the creative learning center, we are pleased to offer a cool and stimulating camp program. We have planned a rich and varied curriculum because we believe that learning is and should always be a magical and marvelous journey!
In our cool camps, we celebrate a child’s sense of wonder through exciting, hands-on art, music, cooking, and science projects...all designed to enhance your child’s understanding of award-winning children’s picture books! We integrate art, cooking, music, science, and literature to challenge and stimulate your child’s curiosity and critical thinking skills!