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…
Do you love afterschool? Proclaim it loudly!
“This year, my Valentine is to a program that makes all the difference for me and for my family,” So began West Valley City, Utah, resident Amanda Owens in her…
Easy Valentine’s activity: Share why your students love afterschool!
This month, we’re celebrating the millions of reasons to love America’s afterschool programs, and we want to see why you and your students love afterschool! Joining in can make for…
The “Talk”
The Talk: Insights for giving constructive feedback “Do you let your staff dress like that?” an angry parent remarked. You recently met with a concerned parent regarding an inappropriately dressed…
Sweat the Small Stuff
Little Details Matter At the age of 15, I started working as a camp counselor at a local community center in Bridgeport, CT. I was a drill sergeant back then. …
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