Gurnee
For 5 to 12-Year-Olds
Whether it’s before and/or after-school care or our full-day program, Creative Explorers at Kiddie Academy[ofACADEMY] provides a fun, dynamic, and flexible program for school-agers to explore their interests. This program provides your child with exciting and challenging activities and projects to create, while continuing to learn outside of the classroom.
Organized Games
Team Building
Making Connections
Critical Thinking
Creative Arts
Character Essentials®
Learn On®
Organized Games
Organized Games
Learning Inside and Outside
Children participate in cooperative and social skills in both the classroom and playground settings.
Key Focus Areas
Team Building
Team Building
Collaboration and Cooperation
Our team building activities give children opportunities to practice the skills they need to effectively work together, while exploring self and social awareness.
Key Focus Areas
Making Connections
Making Connections
Understanding Our World
Children are given the opportunity to explore citizenship and strengthen connections with the world around them.
Key Focus Areas
Critical Thinking
Critical Thinking
Learning Through Questioning
STEM-related activities empower your child to explore, engage, and strengthen science, technology, engineering, and math skills through questions and discovery.
Key Focus Areas
Creative Arts
Creative Arts
Expressing Imagination
Art, music, and performance activities build your child’s confidence in creative thinking and self-expression.
Key Focus Areas
Character Essentials®
Character Essentials®
Character Is at Our Core
Our educators guide your child through activities inspired by our Character Essentials curriculum that build upon positive character traits like respect, generosity, and gratitude.
Key Focus Areas
Learn On®
Learn On®
Learning Beyond the Classroom
There is no end to learning, and there is potential in every moment, everywhere. We designed our Life Essentials curriculum with this in mind, giving you access to projects and activities that extend the learning from your child’s classroom to your home through our Academy Link® app.
Every moment is an opportunity to learn. Our school age program supports what your child learns in school and helps prepare them for life.
Each Kiddie Academy has secure entries, authorized pick-up procedures, cleaning protocols, and completed background checks for all staff. To keep children healthy, Kiddie Academy follows our Health Essentials℠ guidelines to uphold the highest level of health precautions and cleanliness.
All Kiddie Academy educators must meet or exceed the state requirements for child care providers, including background clearance, education qualifications, and ongoing professional development.
If your child will be with us for just before and/or after school care, we will provide healthy, nutritious snacks. If your child will be with us all day, we will provide healthy, nutritious meals and snacks.
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Kiddie Academy of Gurnee will provide information on everything from drop-off and pickup times to programs and tuition.
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