Program: College for Kids
Embark on an artistic expedition that goes beyond traditional elementary school art projects! Have fun exploring a blend of art mediums, techniques, and styles designed to spark creativity and imagination. Dive into a world of hands-on experimentation and personal expression as we explore mixed media, printmaking, sculpture, nature-inspired masterpieces and more!
Explore how your talents and passions can be turned into a business you love! Fun, hands-on activities teach life skills like problem solving, creativity, teamwork, public speaking, effective media writing, and leadership skills. Discover how to find and reach the people who are most likely to buy your products or services, how to protect your … Continue reading “Turn Your Idea into a Business! Grade 6-8”
This hands-on course will teach students important lifetime decision making skills. Working on real world examples both in groups and individually, the class will help students develop an understanding of money and finances for today’s world. Based on the Cowin Financial Literacy Program in partnership with Columbia University’s Teachers College and Women In Support of … Continue reading “Teens and Money: Teen Personal Finance Grades 9-12”
This fun summer course is designed to ignite children’s passion for math through engaging and interactive gameplay. Students will build their number sense, find patterns in numbers, work on fact fluency with active math games and activities that will build their skills. We will use playing cards, dice and spinners, and create manipulatives which will … Continue reading “Math Games Grades 2-5”
In this class students will be introduced to the art of photography through photograms in the darkroom, as well as, cell phone photography. Students will explore image-making through hands-on experiments in the darkroom with light-sensitive materials. Students will also delve into the fundamentals of capturing images using their smartphones; covering essential techniques such as composition, … Continue reading “Introduction to Photography-From Darkroom to Cell Phone Grades 9-12”
In this course we will be building our mental and physical health and wellness toolbox by finding better ways to deal with all the emotions that life can throw our way. We will work together on becoming more mindful and resilient each day. We will do this by actively participating in the practices of meditation, … Continue reading “Building Mindfulness and Resilience Grades 9-12”
What is better than Ice Cream in the summer? When it is stuffed between 2 fresh baked cookies. Students will learn to make ice cream from scratch custard base, flavors, and seasonings, and of course churning. Students will also bake cookies from scratch, using measuring/math skills and time management. Students will also have a hand … Continue reading “Summertime Treats – Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches Grades 6-8”
Level up your engineering skills with Play-Well TEKnologies and tens of thousands of LEGO® parts! Apply real-world concepts in physics, engineering, and architecture through engineer-designed projects, such as castles, helicopters, cities and more. Projects are rotated seasonally to ensure that even returning students get a new experience, so join us to design and build as … Continue reading “STEM FUNdamentals with LEGO® Materials Grades 2-5”
In this class, students will build a robot from start to finish – and then write code to control its behavior. No experience necessary!!! The brain of this robot is the Arduino microcontroller, a beginner-friendly device at the heart of so many DIY projects seen on instructables.com, arduino.cc and others. Students will build their skills … Continue reading “Robotics-Build & Code Your Own Robot Grades 5-8”
Explore the world of programming with ” Python Challenges: Elevating Your Coding Skills,” designed for students with foundational programming knowledge or complete beginners eager to deepen their coding expertise. This course empowers students to master Python through real-world applications, game development, and preparation for professional projects. Key topics include Python’s operational mechanisms, literals, variables, data … Continue reading “Python Challenges: Elevating Your Coding Skills Grades 9-12”