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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.

Explore Our School Age Curriculum

Organized Games

Team Building

Making Connections

Critical Thinking

Creative Arts

Character Essentials®

Learn On®

Explore Our School Age Curriculum

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

  • Engaging in cooperative play
  • Exploring both indoor and outdoor games
  • Explaining the need for rules
  • Allowing for choices
  • Inspiring leadership

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

  • Being part of a team
  • Building relationships
  • Supporting individuality
  • Exploring mindfulness
  • Practicing role playing

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

  • Connecting with the community
  • Practicing communication skills and styles
  • Discovering world cultures
  • Exploring local history and government
  • Investigating geography

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

  • Strengthening problem solving skills
  • Exploring technology
  • Enhancing math skills
  • Encouraging higher level thinking and questioning
  • Analyzing data

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

  • Introducing variety of materials to create art forms
  • Supporting imaginative play and performance
  • Using theatrical elements to communicate feeling
  • Creating two-and three-dimensional art
  • Gaining confidence in self-expression

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

  • Learning about dependability in a group project
  • Building confidence
  • Encouraging compromise
  • Recognizing similarities and differences
  • Encouraging perseverance

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.

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