STEM Beyond the School Day Series – Engineering Mindset 3
Engineering Mindset #3: Children investigate the properties and uses of materials Exploring the Properties and Uses of Materials Our lives are filled with all sorts of lovely inventions that meet…
Million Girls Moonshot Blog 2
Technovation Online Design Challenges Over three hour-long sessions this fall with Technovation, you’ll become an expert in leading engineering design challenges online that help students develop engineering mindsets: 1) use…
STEM Beyond the School Day Series – Engineering Mindset 2
How Do You Solve a Problem? Engineering Mindset #2: Children use a specific problem-solving process: Our lives are filled with all sorts of lovely inventions that meet our needs with…
No Kid Hungry Grant Opportunity
This fall, the No Kid Hungry Campaign is offering a community based organization nutrition grant opportunity and Connecticut is one of their target states.
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Our Virtual Lights On Event is Here!
This year our Lights On Afterschool celebrations might look a little different, but there are still plenty of ways to showcase the important role afterschool programs play in our communities in a…
American Democracy Game Makes Learning Civics Fun
The National Conference of State Legislators is sharing one of their newer relaunched features which is called The American Democracy Game. This game is meant to be a way for children in middle school to put themselves in shoes of a lawmaker and find out what it is like to deal with public policy issues.
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Creating Culture in a Cafeteria Classroom – A COVID19 Consideration
Mask Break Bags
As the 20/21 school year started, I reflected on our 2020 summer program. I am thankful that I made it through camp without showing any COVID19 symptoms. You could say it was a matter of luck because (unfortunately) several summer programs we heard about in the news were not as lucky, but I think it was much more than that.
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Challenge Tuesdays
Introducing, the CT After School Network’s Challenge Tuesdays, in a belief that one of the most important things we can give to ourselves and the children in our lives is the gift of ‘a little something to look forward to’.
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