Open a window to another culture, communicate in another language, and make discoveries!  Big Learning instructors are fluent Chinese speakers and lessons are designed to build practical language and early literacy skills in a fun, informal language immersion setting with lively games, songs, cultural notes, activities, and an accompanying workbook.

We explore different themes and topics each session. This level is appropriate for new beginners and for continuing students with previous Chinese language experience. This level may also be appropriate for children who hear and speak the language at home. Our teachers will make assessments and tailor instruction with differentiated activities for students who are ready for more advanced material. As children progress from beginner to advanced, there is more writing practice.

Classes are intended for children who are already reading and writing in English.  

Each week young ecologists design and construct amazing habitats and explore plant and animal life cycles. Students in Eco-KID take an in depth look and work on one project a week.  Over the course of the session they will create a nesting cache, a grassscape, a wick-fed farm, and a salt water habitat for their own brine shrimp, among other projects. This program introduces students to the themes of sustainability, extinction, and biodiversity using our Knowledge Infused Design (KID) process.

Open a window to another culture, communicate in another language, and make discoveries!  Big Learning instructors are fluent in the language they teach and lessons are designed to build practical language and early literacy skills in a fun, informal language immersion setting with lively games, songs, cultural notes, activities, and an accompanying workbook.

Each session (Fall, Winter, and Spring) we explore different themes and topics. This level is appropriate for all beginners and continuing students with some previous language experience. Classes may include students who have completed one or more beginner or intermediate sessions and also children who hear and speak French at home. Our teachers will make assessments and tailor instruction with differentiated activities for students who are ready for more advanced material. As children progress from beginner to advanced, there is more writing practice.

Classes are intended for children who are already reading and writing in English.  

Be an inventor in this exploration of physics and electrical engineering!  Make your own electric PlayDoh and light up LEDs.  Build a battery out of pennies and lemon juice, make a microphone out of a matchbox and paint, and construct a steady hand tester.  Try your hand at copper plating and a device that looks as if it’s defying gravity.  Explore Bristle Bots and Color Bots. 

What does friction have to do with a rolling YoYo?  How do wheels and axles work together?  How does the size of a wheel change the distance it covers?  What can you move with a pulley?  Children will build and create mazes, pinwheels, paddle boats, Bristle Bots, electric art, and more to test the properties of Mechanical Energy

Explore our very own star!  How can we eat sunshine? How can you make ultraviolet beads change colors?  What happens when bubbles heat up?  How does a sundial work?  Create your own sun print pictures with light sensitive paper.  Find rainbows in your very own sun bouncer. Check out the heat keepers and what shadows tell us; make your own creations to test the properties of sunlight and answer all these questions.

Open a window to another culture, communicate in another language, and make discoveries!  Big Learning instructors are fluent in the language they teach and lessons are designed to build practical language and early literacy skills in a fun, informal language immersion setting with lively games, songs, cultural notes, activities, and an accompanying workbook.

Each session (Fall, Winter, and Spring) we explore different themes and topics. This level is appropriate for beginners and continuing students with previous language experience. Classes may include students who have completed one or more beginner or intermediate sessions and also children who hear and speak Spanish at home. Our teachers will make assessments and tailor instruction with differentiated activities for students who are ready for more advanced material. As children progress from beginner to advanced, there is more writing practice.

Classes are intended for children who are already reading and writing in English.  

Children build practical Spanish language skills in a fun, informal, language immersion setting, with songs, games, movement, storytelling, and hands-on activities.

Spring session has new topics and themes! This class is designed for both new and continuing students and is also appropriate for children with some previous Spanish language experience and children who hear and speak Spanish at home.

This level is intended for children who are beginning to read and write in English.