May’s After School Seminars
We hope you have enjoyed all our topics this year. Register NOW for our last After School Seminars this school year! This Seminar will show you new, innovative ways for children to learn…
We hope you have enjoyed all our topics this year. Register NOW for our last After School Seminars this school year! This Seminar will show you new, innovative ways for children to learn…
Teach youth how to communicate within groups in a entertaining and delightful way. With over 170 group activities, you can build cooperation, communication and creativity. (more…)
The Afterschool Alliance is looking for the best artist to showcase their creativity on this years’ Lights On Afterschool poster! (more…)
Kids are always told to dream BIG– afterschool programs allow them to do just that. Uncover the work of your program and students, and tell us what really happens in STEM afterschool.
Earlier this month, the National Afterschool Association held their Annual Convention just outside of Washington, DC. The focus of the convention was telling the story after school programs play in the…
All of us know someone who has had cancer. We talk about radiation and chemotherapy but have you ever wondered where and how it all started?
I came across a post through a Facebook page called “Reactions” that intrigued me. It was called “How Chemistry Changed WWI”. After reading through it I would have titled it, “How Chemical Warfare Killed and Saved Millions”. It was a tiny article that talked about how WWI was called the chemists war.
Most people know that mustard gas killed so many soldiers, innocents and living things during WWI but too few also know that mustard gas changed how medicine treated cancer.
Every time a caregiver leaves, children experience loss. Turnover rates in after school are rising each year and can only worsen year after year. Break the silence that has surrounded turnover in school age programs. (more…)
Tinkering and the Intersection of Formal and Informal Learning Webinar Grab a 12" x 12" piece of tinfoil and be ready to explore how tinkering ("making") is fast becoming a…