Dive into the world of engineering where we will land in a sea of shapes. Join us as we learn how to create cones from circles and cubes from squares. Use different shapes and building materials to make the strongest bridge and a tower taller than you! Balance on a zip line and discover who lives in domes and cone shaped homes. Make models of these and more while exploring what key shapes make them so strong.

Construct, build, and propel yourself through this exciting hands-on STEM adventure! Explore roller coaster design and bridge construction by making your own coasters and bridges to demonstrate Newton’s laws of motion, forces, and energy! You will be making models and testing their strength and accuracy including a launching catapult, balloon car, hovercraft, geodesic dome, tower, and air powered rocket!

Open a window to another culture, make discoveries and start to communicate in a new language! Children will build practical Chinese language skills through activities, routines, games, songs, and a workbook. Together we’ll explore cultural traditions and topics including the four tones, Chinese calligraphy, greetings and emotions, calendar, weather, directions, colors and numbers, birthday party, body parts, animals and pets, the family, and more!

Beginner Level is a full-year program offered in one or more sessions over the course of the school year. We encourage children to participate for a full year of Chinese, but a child may join for just one session. 

Native Chinese speakers teach our classes and each session includes different topics and themes with hands-on activities and a workbook to encourage practical use of the language and strengthen early literacy skills.

Open a window to another culture, communicate in a new language, and make discoveries! Build practical language skills in a fun, small-group, immersion setting with lively games and hands-on activities. Explore cultural notes and topics including greetings, colors, weather, numbers, calendar, directions, family, body parts, a birthday party, and pets!

Native French speakers teach our classes and each session includes different topics and themes with hands-on activities and a workbook to encourage practical use of the language and to strengthen early literacy skills.

Beginner Level is a full-year program offered in one or more sessions over the course of the school year. We encourage children to participate for a full year of French, but a child may join for just one session. 

Strum, buzz, and pop! How does sound travel? How do your ears hear? Investigate the complex auditory system and how things fly in this fun hands-on adventure! Build a guitar, kazoo, pan flute, and whistle from scratch and simulate sound waves while exploring pitch, tones, and frequencies. Then discover the science behind flight and test different model airplanes, kites, and rockets while exploring aerodynamic forces!

Shake, rattle and go! Toot tunes on test tubes and buzz on kazoos to explore how sounds are made, how they travel, and how we hear them. Make yourself a giant pair of ears and a model of your voice box. Create rhythms and waves in different ways to explore the concept of vibration. Build and experiment with different fliers that soar through the air and compare them to parachutes that create drag. Which design will fly the best?

Learning another language and about another culture is an enduring and powerful life skill that allows us to communicate and make meaningful connections with others.

Let’s open a window and make discoveries! Big Learning classes are taught by native speakers of the languages they teach. Children will build practical Spanish skills in a fun, small-group, immersion setting with lively games and activities. We’ll explore customs and traditions, greetings and expressions, numbers, calendar, weather, colors and shapes, body parts, favorite pets, the family, and a birthday party.

Beginner level is a full-year program offered in two or more sessions. Sessions include different topics and themes so that children can learn new vocabulary and build language skills throughout the school year. We encourage children to participate in Beginner level for a full year, however a child may choose to participate in just one session.

Each session includes an accompanying workbook and hands-on activities to promote practical use of the language and strengthen early literacy skills.

This level is appropriate for beginner students who are reading and writing in English.

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New and continuing beginners explore Spanish together in a fun, informal, language immersion setting. We’ll learn new vocabulary and expressions, gain confidence in listening and speaking, and build a foundation for future language learning. Topics this session include favorite sports and pastimes, the alphabet, telling time, farm animals, prepositions, breakfast foods, songs, and cultural notes!

Native Spanish speakers teach our classes and each session includes different topics, themes, and hands-on activities with a workbook to encourage practical use of the language and strengthen early literacy skills.

Beginner Level is a full-year program offered in one or more sessions over the course of the school year. We encourage children to participate for a full year of Spanish, but a child may join for just one session. Beginner B is appropriate for new and continuing Beginners.

Learning another language and about another culture is an enduring and powerful life skill that allows us to communicate and make meaningful connections with others.

We’re on our way! Children will gain confidence in speaking, listening, and comprehension, expand their vocabulary, and begin to read and write in Spanish.  Intermediate level classes introduce a broad variety of topics and cultural notes that give children the opportunity to explore customs and traditions, geography, history, and practical use of the language as they practice reading and writing.

Intermediate topics include formal greetings, telling time, the Galápagos, using the Mayan number system, counting to 1,000, seasonal sports and activities, Machu Picchu, the house, typical Latin lunch and snack foods, Tikal, describing physical characteristics, a visit to the zoo, Chichén Itzá, and more!

Our classes are taught by native speakers of the language in a fun, small-group immersion setting. Each session includes different themes with hands-on activities and a workbook to reinforce learning and to strengthen early literacy skills in Spanish.

Intermediate Level is a full-year program offered over the course of two sessions during the school year. The prerequisite for this level is at least one 12-week or two 8-week sessions of Beginner level or equivalent previous experience in the language.

Let’s start speaking! This story-based program taught by native Spanish speakers provides a fun introduction to Spanish where children learn and practice speaking a new language through songs, puppets, games, storytelling, and hands-on activities. This class is designed for students who may not be reading and/or writing yet. Join us for our winter session story, El ratoncito del campo y el ractoncito de la ciudad, or The City Mouse and the Country Mouse.

Each session introduces children to a different story with new vocabulary, topics, and themes. Vocabulary booklets and activities support early literacy skills in the language.

Let’s start speaking! This story-based program taught by native Spanish speakers provides a fun introduction to Spanish where children learn and practice speaking a new language through songs, puppets, games, storytelling, and hands-on activities. This class is designed for students who may not be reading and/or writing yet. Join us for our fall session story, Los Tres Cerditos, or The Three Little Pigs.

Each session introduces children to a different story with new vocabulary, topics, and themes. Vocabulary booklets and activities support early literacy skills in the language.