Pre-K and kinder STEAM Programming
Every First Wednesday and Last SaturdayUpcoming Schedule
Little learners get a head full of STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) with these interdisciplinary and hands-on activities. Designed for curious preschoolers, these playful activities focus on themed materials and then expand outward with storytelling, project-based learning, science, discovery, artifact viewing and classroom exploration.
AGES 2-4 SCHEDULE
Every First Wednesday
Helping Hands
Wednesday, September 4, 2024 | 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
All Aboard! Little innovators will explore community, empathy, and helping others, inspired by The Last Stop on Market Street. Participants will engage in storytelling and hands-on activities that emphasize the importance of community and literacy.
Monster Mash
Wednesday, October 2, 2024 | 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Get ready for a monstrously good time! Enjoy a fun and friendly monster story, then Frankenstein a one-of-a-kind monster! Let’s get silly and spooky during this fun adventure full of sensory play, crafts, and storytelling.
AGES 4-6 SCHEDULE
Every Last Saturday
Pequeños Exploradores
Saturday, September 28, 2024 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Dive into a bilingual adventure with our Little Innovators workshop! Children will explore simple Spanish words through engaging, hands-on activities and creative projects, fostering both language skills and imagination. Perfect for English and Spanish speakers alike.
Witchy Wonders
Saturday, October 26, 2024 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Innovators will be captivated by a bewitching story, create magical potions with science, and enjoy sensory play that sparks their imaginations. It’s a spellbinding mix of storytelling, science, and sensory fun!
Little Innovators Curriculum
Literacy
Early literacy development begins in the first three years of a child’s life and supports their future language development, reading, writing, and overall learning. Through Little Innovators we seek to inspire confidence in young learners to expand their minds through storytelling and exploration.
Math/Science
Math at the early childhood level can be as simple as describing spatial relationships, up, down, on, under, behind. Science can be as basic as sensory experience of the environment. When very young children participate in these activities, it opens neural pathways that help them to understand the math and science principles they will be taught when they are older in school.
Art
In young children, artistic activities lead to the formation of well-rounded personalities, good attachment, self-esteem and better mental health. Art employs any or all of the senses, such as sight, sound, taste and smell. As they experience situations that immerse their senses they are further encouraged to explore their own creativity.
Problem Solving
Developing problem-solving skills is important to not only young learners academic successes but also encourages their self confidence. Through story telling and STEAM based activities we can encourage young learners to grow up to be independent, successful, and productive. We want them to be inventors, innovators, and creators.
