Ohhhh, Let’s Go Fly a Kite!

Just as they sang in Mary Poppins, ‘Let’s Go Fly a Kite’! On a windy afternoon why not introduce an activity that allows for creativity as well as spending some time outdoors. For both activities encourage your students to take a plastic bag from home, providing an alternative use for it other than being thrown away.…

New Sports Approach to Afterschool Programs?

The San Francisco 49ers has been offering a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Mathematics) afterschool program to kids in the Bay Area since 2014. While at the football stadium students get a tour learning about structural engineering and irrigation practices. Students learn the physics behind the motion of a football with ample opportunity…

Free Verse Festival – Poetry in Afterschool Programs

Charleston’s first poetry festival is happening RIGHT NOW! For the month of October various poetry events and workshops will be taking place at multiple venues in downtown Charleston and West Ashley. Poets will be in schools promoting the power of the written word. Free Verse Festival   October 12th there will be a Youth Workshop from…