Teen Toddlers
If you are an 80’s baby, you probably played with a toy kitchen set. I did. When I was four years old, Santa brought me a kitchen set for Christmas.…
Why Summer Matters to Me
With spring just around the corner, I cannot help but think forward to the summer. The summer often gets glorified for students as a time full of fun in the…
Annual Art Contest
The Connecticut After School Network’s Annual Art Contest
“After School Builds Bright Tomorrows….”
This year we are doing a MURAL! Get your after school kids together and create a program mural; it can be by age group or whole program group.
Happy Holidays!
With the coming Holidays, I thought we would share just who celebrates the holidays during the month of December. Here is a calendar and a brief explanation of 14 different…
After School Survey
We need your help! The following survey will only take a few seconds...we promise! Our survey consists of only 5 questions and will be used later on during conference. Share…
Being Trauma Informed
Remember when people asked children, "what's wrong with you"? We still do this. Rather we should be asking, "what happened to you". Childhood trauma is more common than we care…
Congratulations!
The Connecticut After School Network wants to congratulate Mallory Deprey from the New Britain YWCA who was chosen in this year’s class of White Riley Peterson Fellows. She, along with…
What College Campuses can do for After-School Programs
Victoria Bosman, AmeriCorps VISTA at Dwight Hall at Yale Mark Fopeano, Program Manager at Dwight Hall at Yale Our 8th grade students in the Jones-Zimmermann Academic Mentoring Program (J-Z AMP)…
Top Sensory Table Ideas
I love incorporating sensory bins in my program every chance I get. Studies about sensory tables will show that they are not only beneficial to children with special needs but for all children. My students go crazy when we have sensory activity set up for them and I love to see how amazed and engaged they are with the different types of sensory bins. Here are my top 4 sensory activities I often put out for my students.
The Power Struggle
Part 1: Awareness Does this sound familiar? Educator: "You are always interrupting my program by making by silly fart noises. Cut it out." Student: "You're always blaming me for stuff…
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