Curriculum is designed to support the cognitive development of early learners through hands-on engagement. Critical thinking skills are nurtured through cause and effect interactive discovery learning techniques using the arts, dramatic play, squishing, sorting, mixing, swirling, collecting and building.
Our workshops are presented by experienced educators with a talent for piquing children’s natural curiosity. Young learners may participate in social development class and for Home School families, our workshops are a perfect supplement to the academic school year.
Wonderseum
a Reggio-Emilia Inspired Preschool Environment just for 4 year-olds
*Students must be potty trained and be 4 years old by the start of the semester. Wonderseum is not designed for drop-in attendance.
Wonderseum for 4 year-olds
Tuition and Fees 2024-25
• A non-refundable registration and supply fee is due upon enrollment.
• Pre-Paid tuition (non-refundable after May 2023): 1 months tuition will be due in May 2023(or upon registration if occurs after May) and will be counted towards tuition of May 2024.
• Tuition is calculated on annual amount divided into 10 equal payments. The initial tuition payment is due in May 2023 and is applied for the May 2024 payment for your child’s last month. Subsequent payments are due the first week of each month August-April.
• A 5% discount will be given to those who choose to pay for the entire year tuition in one payment at time of registration.
Refund Policy: Please notify us as soon as possible if you need to withdraw your child from the program. The registration and supply fee and the prepaid tuition are nonrefundable. If payment is made in full, all tuition will be refunded except for the non refundable registration fee and the nonrefundable pre-paid tuition. Refunds will be processed by check.
Registration and Supply fee: due at the time of registration, this fee will enroll your child in the class and reserves their spot.
M/W/F class Registration and Supply fee- $150
T/Th class Registration and Supply fee- $120
Monthly Tuition Payment: 10 equal payments (non-refundable pre-paid tuition) + August – April.*
Three Day Program
Aug 21, 2024 – May 16, 2025
Meets Monday, Wednesday and Friday
9am-2pm
$4,300.00 per participant. $430 a month.
Two Day Program
Aug 20, 2024 – May 16, 2025
Meets Tuesday and Thursday
9am-2pm
$3,000.00 per participant. $300 a month. *Convenience fees may be applied
Classes meet once a week with grown-up participation required. Fee includes 1 child and 1 adult. Please register in child’s name.
Discovering new ways of playing and learning together, Early Childhood Explorations provides a magical classroom-type atmosphere between grown-up and toddler that introduces toddlers to basic social skills while receiving preparation and enrichment for pre-school. Toddler and grown-up delight in theme-based participation activities such as art, movement or motor development skills, all serving as tools to stimulate brain and language development, listening and social skills, as well as strengthening fine motor coordination and spatial awareness. Playful class size is limited, so please sign up early.
Little Picassos for 2 & 3 year-olds meets WEDNESDAYS
2 year-olds, 9:30am-10:15am
3 year-olds, 10:30am-11:15am
Twos and threes explore art as a learning experience and are more interested in “doing” art than making finished products. During the “process”, twos and threes discover their own independence, as well as delighting in the joy of exploring and creating. Using a variety of mediums to create mini masterpieces and stimulate artistic imaginations, toddler and grown-up share the “process” of art as a stimulus to engage discovery and becoming familiar with various art mediums, such as painting, collage, fiber art and building with clay while squishing, mixing, tearing and swirling. Leave the “messy” with us, but painting clothes are recommended.
2 year-olds WEDNESDAYS
9:30am-10:15am
9/4-10/9 (6 week session).
Member $89, Non-Member $99
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10/16-11/20 (6 week session).
Member $89, Non-Member $99
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3 year-olds WEDNESDAYS
10:30am-11:15am
9/4-10/9 (6 week session).
Member $89, Non-Member $99
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10/16-11/20 (6 week session).
Member $89, Non-Member $99
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Playing Attention 2 & 3 year-olds meets THURSDAYS
2 and 3 year-olds
Playing Attention is an early play-based preschool experience for 2 -3-year-old children with the comfort of a parent or caregiver nearby. Focusing on mindfulness-related concepts such as kindness, awareness of feelings, exploring with all five senses, and gratitude, this class will promote self-worth and socialization through stories, music and movement, sensory activities, imaginative play, and art.
Taught by long-time early childhood educator and Certified Creative Mindfulness Practitioner, Julie Oudin, MSW.
2 and 3 year-olds, 9:00am-9:45am
8/29-10/3 (6 week session). 9:00am-9:45am
Member $89, Non-Member $99
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10/10-11/21* (6 week session). 9:00am-9:45am
Member $89, Non-Member $99
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2 and 3 year-olds, 10:15am-11:00am
8/29-10/3 (6 week session). 10:15am-11:00am
Member $89, Non-Member $99
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10/10-11/21* (6 week session). 10:15am-11:00am
Member $89, Non-Member $99
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*No Class Thursday Oct. 31st
Great for homeschool enthusiasts.
Got Science? for 4 & 5 year-olds meets TUESDAYS
Tuesday 9:00am-11:00am
Curriculum is chosen to create a journey through the science spectrum of biology, chemistry, human anatomy, space and physics, while exploring physical and chemical properties of different elements, compounds and mixtures. Young scientists performing different slimy, fizzy and gooey experiments, discover answers to science questions like “Why does the moon keep following me?” while exploring our solar system, touching base with a few insects, dinosaurs and mammals and discovering all about “you.” This workshop is scheduled for two six-week sessions with new curriculum each six-week session.
4-5 year-olds TUESDAYS 9:00am-11:00am
8/27-10/1 (6 week session).
Member $119, Non-Member $129
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10/8-11/19* (6 week session).
Member $119, Non-Member $129
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*No Class Tuesday, Nov. 5th
Scientifically ARTrageous for 6-8 year-olds meets TUESDAYS
Tuesday 9:00am-11:00am
Combining the curiosity of science and the beauty of art, children will embrace an exciting opportunity to discover basic concepts of science through art experiences. Knowing that children love to explore, experiment and discover, the focus is to build on this natural curiosity while combining the beauty of art and the fascination of science. Children will share this journey discovering and exploring the combination of art processes with science hypothesis and outcomes.
6-8 year-olds TUESDAYS 9:00am-11:00am
8/27-10/1 (6 week session).
Member $119, Non-Member $129
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10/8-11/19* (6 week session).
Member $119, Non-Member $129
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*No Class Tuesday, Nov. 5th
Great for homeschool enthusiasts.
LEGO® Frenzy Meets Righteous Robotiks for 5 to 6 year-olds meets WEDNESDAYS
Wednesday 1:00pm-3:00pm
Aspiring engineers are introduced to the WeDo™ kits from LEGO® Education, building LEGO® models featuring working motors and sensors then programming their robot models to solve problems and create innovative projects. Children explore advanced concepts of building, such as balance within structures, ways of building structures and stability by building different models to help strengthen design development and problem-solving skills. While discovering energy, buoyancy and balance, children explore pulleys, levers, gears, wheels and axles by building simple models with LEGO® robotics pieces to satisfy a specific purpose, while exploring basic construction concepts, simple machines and how gears work. Curriculum is designed to develop skills in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Righteous!!!!!
Wednesdays 1:00pm-3:00pm
9/4-10/9 (6 week session).
Member $199, Non-Member $209.
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Wednesdays 1:00pm-3:00pm
10/16-11/20 (6 week session).
Member $199, Non-Member $209.
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RobotiKs and Beyond, creating with technology for 7-10 year-olds meets THURSDAYS
Using the LEGO® Mindstorms® Education platform, EV3 introduces young engineers to the basic fundamentals of building and mechanical principles by engaging and motivating them to design, build and program their robots, using motors, sensors, gears, wheels, axles and various technical components. While gaining a better understanding of how technology can work in real-world applications, the EV3 curriculum develops creativity, critical thinking, collaboration and communication.
Coding is done by dragging and dropping icons into a line to form commands, allowing students to create, build and then mechanically manipulate their “rover” with space-themed missions and solutions.
The second session introduces young engineers to LEGO® Education SPIKE™ by combining colorful LEGO building elements, easy-to-use hardware, and an intuitive drag-and-drop coding language based on Scratch. This curriculum engages students through playful learning activities to think critically and solve complex problems, regardless of their learning level. From easy-entry projects to limitless creative design possibilities, including the option to explore text-based coding with Python, SPIKE helps students discover the essential STEAM and 21st century skills needed to become the innovative minds of tomorrow… while having fun!
Thursdays 1:00pm-3:00pm
9/5-11/14 (10 week session). No class 10/31
Member $199, Non-Member $209.
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Winter FUNcation Holiday Workshops
Winter FUNcation Holiday Workshops for 5-8 year-olds
Don’t worry about “cabin fever.” Come explore the fun to be had during winter break and see there is no shortage of indoor fun during our FUNcation.
Children attending am & pm classes may pack a light lunch if attending both workshops.
All workshops recommended a snack and water bottle.
Snowed-in Science
Thursday 1/2 9:00am-Noon
Brrr? Winter is in the air. Children discover entertaining “winter” themed science hypotheses making snow and oobleck snowflakes, magical foaming snowmen and the ever popular, winter slime, while sharing facts about winter solstice.
Members $49, Non-Members $59.
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No Bake Culinary Afternoon
Thursday 1/2 1:00pm-4:00pm
With winter “blowing in” as the theme for these snacks, children enjoy the process of “preparing” food, creating snowmen pizzas and gingerbread men shaped sandwiches, listening to a story and drinking hot chocolate.
Members $49, Non-Members $59.
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Winter WonderFUN
Friday 1/3 9:00am-Noon
Pretend being “snowed in” creating healthy winter treats to feed birds in the cold weather, make “snow”, paper bag snowflakes, shredded paper snowmen and a special winter snack.
Members $49, Non-Members $59.
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Studio Art Saturdays Workshops for 5-8 year-olds
Studio Art Saturdays Workshops for 5-8 year-olds
Where wonderful art happens
Using various plain and textured paper, tissue paper, fabric scraps, newspaper, torn images from magazines, cardboard, scissors, hole punches, paper punches, handmade stencils, rubbing plates, all kinds of colored tape, glue, paint of many varieties and colors, yarn, wool, string of all kinds, recycled materials and fingers for tearing, ripping, snipping and cutting, this three-hour workshop presents a springboard to create a multitude of inspiring art sculptures, masks, self-portraits, and more. Using themes such as transparent and opaque, playing with texture, big and little, black and white, exploring with architecture and more, children journey through a sensory process, discovering, collecting and arranging. Come join us for artful experiences, implemented by talented artists and art instructors, that are sure to start the day out right. Dwell in the possibilities…
Online registration is required by the Friday before the session.
PLEASE send child with lunch and a thermos/bottle of water.
Studio Art Saturdays Workshops for 5-8 year-olds
Saturdays 10:00am-1:00pm.
Saturday, September 14th Playing Dress Up
Playing dress up truly inspires creative imagination. Children delight in seeing pictures of themselves, set up in collage format and ready to be dressed up, providing another exploratory environment using different mediums and textured materials.
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Member $45 Non-Member $55.
(Special discounted introductory offer)
Saturday, September 21st Insects in the Garden
Prompting children to investigate “insects and bugs in the garden” using stock images, images from magazines, insect and bug themed books and exploring various collage materials, children draw, cut, arrange, embellish and create their own insects and bugs around a garden theme.
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Member $49 Non-Member $59
Saturday, October 5th Places and Spaces
Embracing art as open-ended play and using table top sized recycled boxes, children paint and then embellish the boxes with torn scraps of paper, magazine scraps, and more exploratory mediums, while using their imagination to create houses, barns, sheds, city blocks, work places, theatres or whatever else is inspiring their artistic dialogue.
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Member $49 Non-Member $59
Saturday, October 19th Texture Monsters
While considering all the friendly monsters seen in books and movies, young monster makers decorate their own paper, explore the available embellishments, cut out their monster body parts and explore their own design concept while assembling their little creatures.
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Member $49 Non-Member $59
Saturday, November 9th Beasties
Working with a black and white theme, but adding a splash of color here and there, “beastie” makers paint their own newspaper black or/and white, cut out geometric shapes and parts from other black and/or white substrates, explore different mediums such as buttons, ribbon and tape to create their own insect or monster.
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Member $49 Non-Member $59