KC Afterschool is more than just fun and homework! Each week students rotate through different activities that are designed to continue their academic and personal development after the traditional school day is over. Students will participate in activities focused on STEAM, skill building, group games, book club, and more!
Here is this month’s schedule!
* Subject to change
KC Afterschool is more than just fun and homework! Each week students rotate through different activities that are designed to continue their academic and personal development after the traditional school day is over. These include STEAM, social-emotional growth, creativity, fitness, environmental studies and much more!
Each group will participate in the month’s Environmental Friday during their designated week. Here are some highlights of this week’s activities:
Fossil Fuels! This month students will learn about the process of obtaining fossil fuels, the environmental impact of using fossil fuels, and brainstorm solutions for reducing the use of fossil fuels. Students will learn about coal, natural gas, renewable resources, and non-renewable resources. They will learn about the benefits and disadvantages of using fossil fuels for energy, the process of strip mining, and what can we do to help the environment.
Feelings Scale (Social Emotional) 1/8
Students will use arts and crafts to help identify their feelings. This will help children recognize what emotions look like at an early age, help them to express themselves, and help create awareness of how their classmates may be feeling that day.
Monster Cups (STEAM) 1/13
Students will work in teams to make monsters from styrofoam cups, googly eyes, pipe cleaners, and paper. Fun group projects help children learn to work together to solve problems while staying engaged with a fun art project.
Sponge Painting (Art) 1/24
Students will have a sensory experience of creating artwork using paint filled sponges. This new painting medium will help with hand eye coordination and colorful self-expression.
A Tisket, A Tasket Circle Game (Healthy, Happy, & Fit) 1/29
Physical activity promotes healthy growth and development. The students will learn how to interact in a group while being active and creative.
Environmental Friday 1/10
Solar System (STEAM) 1/8
Students will learn about the solar system, the phases of the moon, and the vastness of space.
Winter Trees (Art) 1/16
Students will create beautiful winter scenes filled with winter trees and snow.
Stress Balls (Social Emotional) 1/21
Students will learn how to defuse stressful situations by finding different ways to manage the stress in their lives. We will make stress balls from balloons and flour. Stress management tools can help students focus, self regulate, and provide a calming influence.
Happy Talk (Healthy, Happy, & Fit) 1/28
Students will learn about emotions and what causes them to develop. Teaching students to understand their emotions will help them to grow and develop emotionally.
Environmental Friday 1/17
Kick Ball (Healthy, Happy, & Fit) 1/8
Students will play kick ball and learn about teamwork while being physically active.
Wacky Baskets (Art) 1/13
Students will use glue and yarn to mold a basket around a cup. When the glue dries, they will have created cute baskets out of regular household items.
Ooblec (STEAM) 1/21
Students will be working with cornstarch and water to create a substance that mimics the qualities of both solids and liquids. Students will learn about how the mix of cornstarch and water creates this reaction. Oobleck is a non-Newtonian fluid. Students will learn about the meaning of non-Newtonian fluids.
Team Work Activities (Social Emotional) 1/30
Students will learn how to communicate and work together to solve physically active problems as a group. Students will participate in the trust walk, hula hoop pass, and other games to finish tasks as a team. These activities will promote collaboration and foster a positive classroom environment.
Environmental Friday 1/24
Magnetic Slime (STEAM) 1/8
Students will be making their own magnetic slime. Students will learn about magnetic force and its attraction to iron. Students will use magnets while playing with their slime to test how the slime will react to each side of the magnet.
Cup Telephones (STEAM) 1/13
Students will make phones using two cups and a string and then using it to communicate with each other. This activity will help teach the students about how sound travels through wires.
Kick Ball (Healthy, Happy, & Fit) 1/21
Students will play kickball and learn how to work together in a team sport while staying physically active.
Journal Prompt (Social Emotional) 1/28
Students will practice creativity and free writing with a prompt. Afterwards they will share their entries with their classmates which will help them to gain confidence with public speaking.
Environmental Friday 1/31
KC Afterschool is more than just fun and homework! Each week students rotate through different activities that are designed to continue their academic and personal development after the traditional school day is over. These include STEAM, social-emotional growth, creativity, fitness, environmental studies and much more!
Each group will participate in the month’s Environmental Friday during their designated week. Here are some highlights of this week’s activities:
Endangered Species is this month’s Environmental Friday topic. Students will learn about what causes a species to become endangered, some of the local endangered species, and how we can prevent extinction. Students will participate in a simulation to learn about the basic needs of a species and make inferences about what could occur in real life to cause a species to be denied their basic needs. They will learn about some of the causes which might make a species endangered such as disease or pollution and what humans can do to help.
Winter Snowflakes (STEAM) 12/4
Students will use their creativity and skills to create snowflakes using limited materials. This project will help develop problem solving skills and creativity which will can be transferred to real life situations.
Rock Painting (Creativity) 12/10
Students will paint on small stones. Activity leader will provide themes and examples to help students create their own special designs.
Holiday Art (Creativity) 12/17
Students will build a holiday tree and learn about the upcoming holiday season.
Environmental Friday 12/13
Create Your Own Snow (STEAM) 12/3
Students will learn how to make artificial snow using paper bowls, baking soda, spoons, and shaving cream. This will be a fun science experiment to usher in the holiday season.
Fitness Facts (Healthy, Happy, and Fit) 12/11
Students will learn about the benefits of eating to fuel your body and the importance of exercise. Students will learn that being active, eating healthy foods, drinking water, eating to satisfaction (vs. being stuffed), and listening to your body are all important parts to being fit.
Food Categories (Happy, Healthy, and Fit) 12/16
Students will learn about the food categories and sort different foods into vegetables, fruits, grains, and proteins.
Environmental Friday 12/13
Ornament Decorating (Creativity) 12/3
Students will design and decorate plastic ornaments and hang them up on a paper tree. This activity is a great three dimensional art project which embodies the holiday season. Kids will work on neatly painting and adding creative detail to their ornaments. This project will allow kids to embrace their individuality while also collaborating to put them together as a whole.
Santa’s Sleigh (STEAM) 12/11
Students will learn about the importance of structural design. Together with creativity, they will apply their design skills to building a new sleigh for Santa.
How I Feel Today (Social-Emotional Learning) 12/19
Students will practice recognizing and expressing their own emotional state while also supporting their friends’ emotions. Each student will complete a worksheet depicting how they are feeling that day. They will swap sheets with a friend and write a supportive response to their peer. This activity allows students to reflect on their emotions, encourages self-expression, and encourages them to be thoughtful and empathetic towards their friends.
Environmental Friday 12/20
Cursive Writing Practice (Creativity) 12/3
Students will practice their cursive writing by creating an artistic bag using their names. This unique design will help students use their imaginations to create unique creature designs.
Pumpkin Spice Playdoh (Creativity) 12/10
Students will make pumpkin scented playdoh out of everyday kitchen ingredients. This is a fun hands on activity that allows students to be creative.
Word Search Competition (STEAM) 12/18
Students will compete in a timed word search competition. This activity helps to exercise the brain by challenging students to find words quickly while helping to build their vocabulary.
Environmental Friday 12/6
KC Afterschool is more than just fun and homework! Each week students rotate through different activities that are designed to continue their academic and personal development after the traditional school day is over. These include STEAM, social-emotional growth, creativity, fitness, environmental studies and much more!
Here are some highlights of this week’s activities:
My Plate (Healthy, Happy and Fit)
Students will learn about the basic food groups and the components for building a healthy meal for themselves! This will empower students to make healthy food choices for themselves.
Heart Puzzle (Social-Emotional Learning)
Students will write about the people and places which support them throughout their lives. This exercise will help bring awareness about support and how to both give and receive it.
Balloon Cars (STEAM)
Students will make cars that move out of red Solo cups, straws, and balloons. This activity will teach students about air velocity and propulsion.
Thankfulness Cards (Social-Emotional Learning)
Students will write about their classmates and why they are thankful for them. In the spirit of Thanksgiving, this exercise will help students to appreciate their classmates and the great positive influences they have in their lives.
KC Afterschool is more than just fun and homework! Each week students rotate through different activities that are designed to continue their academic and personal development after the traditional school day is over. These include STEAM, social-emotional growth, creativity, fitness, environmental studies and much more!
Here are some highlights of this week’s activities:
Self Appreciation (Social-Emotional Learning)
This exercise will focus on self appreciation and help students to identify the best qualities about themselves. They will cut out flowers and write a positive trait on each petal to share with their classmates.
Tissue Paper Flowers (Creativity)
Students will create beautiful tissue paper flowers. This activity will help to develop fine motor skills and promote creativity and innovation in young minds.
Build a Bridge (STEAM)
Students will build a bridge out of straws and marshmallows! Working in teams, students will compete to design and build the tallest architecturally sound bridge. This activity uses engineering skills while focusing on team building and the spirit of competition.
Thankful Rock Painting (Social-Emotional Learning)
Students will decorate rocks with a word which describes a reason they’d like to give thanks. This activity both encourages creativity and teaches the importance of being grateful.
Self Portraits (Social-Emotional Learning)
Students will gain insight about themselves and others by analyzing self portraits. They will get the opportunity to express themselves through art and writing while learning more about their friends.
Pumpkin Pie Playdough (Creativity)
Students will combine regular household items to make pumpkin pie scented playdough. This fun activity ushers in the Thanksgiving holiday and expands young minds by showing them what can be created from common everyday goods.
KC Afterschool is more than just fun and homework! Each week students rotate through different activities that are designed to continue their academic and personal development after the traditional school day is over. These include STEAM, social-emotional growth, creativity, fitness, environmental studies and much more!
Here are some highlights of this week’s activities:
Importance of Hand Washing (Happy, Healthy, and Fit)
Students will learn the importance of proper hand washing and learn about bacteria. They will learn about how germs can enter their system by wiping their eyes, noses, mouths, etc. and how to help prevent this.
Response Activity (Social-Emotional Learning)
How do our reactions impact others? Students will distinguish between acceptable and non acceptable behaviors and about how their actions affect others both at school and in their personal lives. Students will problem solve proper behavioral responses.
Environmental Friday
This month’s Environmental Friday focus is self-sustainability and understanding why we grow gardens. Students will participate in age appropriate activities to understand how gardening impacts health, community, the environment, nature, the economy, and personal development.
Thanksgiving Turkeys (Creativity)
Students will build paper bag turkey puppets to help celebrate the holidays! They will have fun being creative with bags and fall colored construction paper.
True Friend Turtle (Social-Emotional Learning)
What is a true friend? Students will learn what they can do to be the best friend they can be. They will complete a drawing of a turtle and write the traits visible to true friends. This activity will help kids to reflect on what friendship means to them and think about the best ways to treat each other.
Kickball (Health, Happy, and Fit)
Students will learn how to play kickball and how to work together as a team. This activity also helps to reinforce how important it is to incorporate physical activity into their daily routine.
Leaf Pattern Project (Creativity)
Students will combine watercolor and oil pastels to create abstract artwork. Working with different media promotes out of the box thinking and more creative abstract art.
KC Afterschool is more than just fun and homework! Each week students rotate through different activities that are designed to continue their academic and personal development after the traditional school day is over. These include STEAM, social-emotional growth, creativity, fitness, environmental studies and much more!
Here are some highlights of this week’s activities:
Decorating Diyas (Creativity)
Kids will learn about Diwali, the Festival of Lights, by coloring and decorating clay diyas.
Moon Phases (STEAM)
Students will learn about the different phases of the moon and how that relates to the positioning of the Earth, moon, and sun.
Obstacle Course (Healthy, Happy, and Fit)
Students will participate in an outside obstacle course! They will learn how to work in teams to overcome challenges while having fun being fit!
Slime (Creativity)
Students will learn how to make their own unique slime. While slime making is fun, it also teaches how to create new substances by combining ingredients.
Water Cycle (STEAM)
Students will learn about the water cycle by simulating rainfall and learning about how water evaporates from the surface of the earth, rises into the atmosphere, cools and condenses and falls to the surface, and then starts again. The cycling of water in and out of our atmosphere is an important weather pattern to understand.
Rock, Paper, Scissors (Happy, Healthy, and Fit)
This activity will have students combine their motor skills, coordination, and thinking acumen to move through circles while competing in rock, paper, scissors to progress in the game. This shows students that fitness can be both challenging and fun!
KC Afterschool is more than just fun and homework! Each week students rotate through different activities that are designed to continue their academic and personal development after the traditional school day is over. These include STEAM, social-emotional growth, creativity, fitness, environmental studies and much more!
Here are some highlights of this week’s activities:
Pumpkin Building (Creativity)
It’s Halloween! Students will build pumpkins using different objects for some holiday fun!
Exercise Stations (Fun, Fit, and Happy)
Students will learn about and participate in a variety of exercises in a circuit style workout. Working on different muscle groups is important for overall health.
Hollywood Slime (Creativity)
Students will learn how to make their own unique Halloween themed slime. While slime making is fun, it also teaches how to create new substances by combining ingredients.
Kindness (Social-Emotional Learning)
This activity will help teach students how to understand their own emotions and how their actions impact others. These skills are important for interacting with family, friends, and others!
Exercise Stations (Fun, Fit, and Happy)
Students will learn about and participate in a variety of exercises in a circuit style workout. Working on different muscle groups is important for overall health.
To the Rescue: Helping Others (Social Emotional Learning)
Students will learn how to practice empathy towards others in everyday situations. Assessing different school situations and understanding how they could help friends will develop personal social skills.
KC Afterschool is more than just fun and homework! Each week students rotate through different activities that are designed to continue their academic and personal development after the traditional school day is over. These include STEAM, social-emotional growth, creativity, fitness, environmental studies and much more!
Here are some highlights of this week’s activities:
Dot Art (Art/STEAM)
Students will be creative and practice their math counting skills with connect-the-dots fun to expose Fall related pictures.
Emotions with Pasta Faces (Social Emotional Learning)
We will be discussing feelings and emotions while using pasta to make faces to help with self-expression. These skills are critical for getting along with others and organizing ones own emotions and feelings for positive interactions.
Environmental Friday
This week we’ll talk about gardens and self-sustainability. We’ll talk about the health, community, environmental, economic, and other benefits to gardening. We’ll also learn about farming and how does food get from the farm to our tables!
Kickball (Healthy, Happy and Fit)
We will play kickball to improve our fitness levels, learn about working together to be a part of a team, and how to be gracious in defeat.
Bubble Painting (Art)
The students will create colorful splatter paint artwork using bubbles! This promotes using out-of-the-box thinking (for both art and everyday life) and makes art in a fun new way.
My Plate (Healthy, Happy and Fit)
Students will learn about the basic food groups and the components for building a healthy meal for themselves! This will empower students to make healthy food choices for themselves.
Thank You Notes (Social Emotional Learning)
We will learn about the importance of saying “thank you” by writing notes to family members, peers, and community members. Students will learn to appreciate what others do for them and how to communicate this appreciation to others.
KC Afterschool is more than just fun and homework! Each week students rotate through different activities that are designed to continue their academic and personal development after the traditional school day is over. These include STEAM, social-emotional growth, creativity, fitness, environmental studies and much more!
Here are some highlights of this week’s activities:
Fall Painting (Art Adventures)
Students will be painting images related to Fall to welcome the new season. At the end of a busy day of learning, art and creativity nurture well-being and assist learners in creating connections between subjects and improving fine motor skills.
Math Fun! (STEAM)
In this age appropriate Math activity, students will be introduced to the concept of doubling and halving using egg trays. Students will also practice teamwork and speaking skills by delivering presentations as a group about their math problem-solving process while providing feedback to their peers.
Environmental Friday!
This week students will learn about sustainability and resource usage through Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax. Students will learn about general themes in the story related to big business (Onclers) and how they impact the natural resources in the land of the Lorax.
All About Me Jigsaw Puzzle (Social-Emotional Learning)
Students will create their own jigsaw puzzles that are centered around themselves. They will write about their own characteristics on each piece of the puzzle and present their finished work to the group. This activity helps students to gain confidence in public speaking and helps everyone to get to know each other.
Clean the Planet Art Project (Environmental Studies)
Students will learn about how our actions impact the Earth. They will learn about different ways they can contribute to help clean up our planet by focusing on implementing an effective recycling system. Students will learn what materials should be in each recycling bin so that they can successfully participate and help others.
Salt Painting (Art Adventures)
Students will be creating their own paint and using it to make beautiful textured, 3D masterpieces. Students will see how science and art come together to create amazing artwork.
Water Color Painting (Art Adventures)
We’ll switch paint mediums and students will be using water colors to create their own paintings. Water color painting is a great form of self-expression and outlet for creativity.