Activities to Keep Kids' Brains Active in Summer

1. Fill in summer's special days and events on the Education World Coloring Calendar for June, July, or August. Or help children use pencils, drawing paper, and rulers to create, decorate, and fill in their own summer calendars.
2. Teach kids to cook with the step-by-step lessons and recipes at Cooking With Kids. The site also includes measurement reminders, safety tips, and suggestions for involving kids in the cooking process. Or check out your local library or book store for one of the recommended Heritage Cooking for Kids: Taste History books and try out recipes from Colonial days, the Civil War, and the Lewis and Clark expedition.
3. Make homemade Bubble Solution and experiment with such unique Bubble-Blowing Tools as strings, milk containers, and garbage can lids.
4. Read aloud The Paper Crane by Molly Bang. Then introduce the art of paper folding by printing and following the instructions for How to Make an Origami Crane.
5. Go on a Light Walk, an outing designed to teach kids the properties of light and facts about the sun. Bob Miller of the Exploratorium explains it all. Can't take an online tour? Do your own image walk by printing the directions and template found at the site.

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7300 W 38th Ave.
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
(303) 456-4503
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Summer Field Trips

Extend your school-age child’s learning and play beyond the classroom with amazing field trips to exciting local venues. Your child might:

• Go to the zoo
• Spend a day at the park
• Play mini-golf
• Visit an aquarium
• Attend a play
• Visit an art studio
• Start a community garden
• Swim at the local pool
• Go panning for gold in Idaho Springs

 Wheat Ridge Learning Academy
7300 W 38th Ave.
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
(303) 456-4503
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About Our Summer Camp Program: (6 - 7 years old)

Our Summer Camp program is all about fun! In a safe environment, your child will have a variety of opportunities for fun, socializing and learning. Through activities such as field trips, reading, cooking, music, and art, your child will extend their learning and make lifelong friendships.


Our summer camp ensures that your child is continually exposed to a variety of new experiences. Our camps are filled with the perfect blend of education, sports and fun! Our teachers work hard to ensure that our camp programs are fresh, creative and exciting each summer. We infuse all our activities with fun, and we never lose sight of the value of play.

 

Wheat Ridge Learning Academy

7300 W 38th Ave.
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
(303) 456-4503
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About Our Preschool and Pre-K Programs

Your Preschooler’s Day

We have six units in our curriculum and all activities are tied to specific learning objectives. The typical daily structure for your preschooler might include:


Morning and Afternoon Circle time where the day’s themed activities are introduced and reviewed.

Activities in the Learning Centers to bring the day’s educational theme to life.

Math, Language, Literacy & Science activities tied to core standards to progressively build important foundational skills.

Music and movement (songs, poems and rhymes) to expand your child’s vocabulary and listening skills.

Outdoor play at least twice daily to burn off energy and develop motor skills.

Lunch and quiet time to nourish and rest your preschooler’s growing mind and body.

In addition, our fun summer camp program offers three months of learning, fun and sun—filled with exciting themes and activities that reinforce learning objectives and further school-readiness.

During the summer, we expand learning through visits from the Denver Zoo, The Butterfly Pavilion, and the Botanic Gardens. These carefully planned extension activities are incorporated into our own curriculum and give our preschoolers a chance to interact with their natural world.

Our preschool program inspires your child to examine, create, and share as he broadens his language through interactions with teachers and classmates in a safe, nurturing environment. Sensory and repetitive activities transform these new experiences into knowledge.


Three year and four year olds want to be independent. They want to explore, touch and mimic their peers and teachers. We use a core standards based curriculum that integrates language arts and literacy, mathematics, science, social and emotional development and gross and fine motor development.


Through learning centers and age-appropriate playgrounds, our preschoolers have the ability to work at their own pace and learn to do tasks independently.

 

Wheat Ridge Learning Academy

7300 W 38th Ave.
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
(303) 456-4503
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About Our Toddler Program

Our Toddler Program uses hands-on exploration and social interaction in safe, engaging surroundings to help your one to two year old learn about his or her expanding world. Through the loving guidance of our teachers, toddlers enjoy learning experiences that promote their blossoming independence and social skills, and foster self-confidence.

Your Toddler’s Day

Our Toddler Program is designed around shared learning experiences that stimulate and challenge your child each and every day. The structure of a typical day in the life of your toddler might include:

• Group activities like exploring books and singing songs.
• Teacher-initiated activities like art or music.
• Child-directed activities in our Learning Centers.
• A snuggly story time.
• Lunch and naptime to nourish and rest your child’s growing mind and body.
• Outdoor play at least twice daily to burn off energy and develop motor skills.

We promote all areas of development in the following ways:

Physical Development

• Large motor – encouraging movement through a variety of activities both indoors and out such as climbing, running, jumping, swinging, playing ball and other group activities
• Small motor – activities that encourage hand eye coordination such as stringing beads, cutting, pasting, and block building
• Balance – provide creative movements, obstacles and group activities that encourage balance
• Eye-hand coordination – encourage children to use toys, books, and tools

Social Development

• Independence – providing choices, encouraging self motivation, and self help skills
• Self Esteem – positive reinforcement and encouraging self-exploration through sharing of feelings, stories, and dramatic play.
• Behavioral skills – We will encourage good habits while discouraging bad ones.
• Basic Routine – We will work on following the same pattern on a daily basis.

Intellectual Development

• Language – encouraging speech, show & tell, story telling and reading.
• Cognitive – exploring shapes, colors, books, puzzles, and matching games.
• Creative – music activities, art and dramatic play.
• Personal Growth – identify basic body parts and what each can do
• Reading Readiness – encourage eye movement from left to right.

Wheat Ridge Learning Academy

7300 W 38th Ave.
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
(303) 456-4503
wheatridgelearningacademy.com

About Our Infant Program

We at Wheat Ridge Learning Academy know you are looking for a safe and secure "home away from home” where your child can learn, play and grow. We have designed a comfortable, nurturing and creative world for your child to help their minds and bodies develop.

Infants are unique and have their own patterns for play, feeding and sleeping. We use these patterns as our guide to introduce daily activities that will prepare your infant for life. Our highly trained teachers offer a nurturing and creative environment for infants to develop their bodies and minds. We are committed to making this first transition away from home easy and natural for you and your child.

Nursing mothers are welcome to stop by during the day and nurse in our Infant classrooms. We also accommodate cloth diapers.

We encourage your child’s physical and emotional development in the following ways:

• Movement – By encouraging rolling, scooting, crawling and walking with the use of a variety of tools supplied in the classroom.
• Balance - Supportive sitting, swings, infant seats, chairs and most importantly one on one support.
• Adequate rest - Allowing sleep as needed and directed by the parents.
• Security - Responding to expressed needs.
• Love and Care - Touching, holding, changing, playing and holding during feeding.

Wheat Ridge Learning Academy

7300 W 38th Ave.
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
(303) 456-4503
wheatridgelearningacademy.com

Program Information

Hours: We are open Monday - Friday, 6:30 am to 6 pm.

Age: Wheat Ridge Learning Academy accepts children from the age of six weeks to twelve years old.

Open Door Policy: Parents and families are welcome to drop in for a visit. We also encourage anyone wishing to be a parent volunteer to contact their child’s teacher.

Meals: The center provides breakfast, lunch and an afternoon snack. We plan nutritious, high quality, child oriented meals.

Flexibility: We realize that flexibility is important for our families. Children may be enrolled for two to five days per week based on your needs.

Enrollment: We invite you to visit us and take a tour of our center. Please contact our office for an enrollment form or for further information.

Wheat Ridge Learning Academy

7300 W 38th Ave.
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
(303) 456-4503
wheatridgelearningacademy.com

Age-Appropriate Activities

Our activity programs are custom-designed for each age-group that we care for.

Age-appropriate activities can help aid your little one's growth and development. These developmental activities will keep your active child busy, while helping him reach important learning and developmental milestones. 

 

 

 

 

Wheat Ridge Learning Academy

7300 W 38th Ave.
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
(303) 456-4503
wheatridgelearningacademy.com

Healthy Snacks & Meals

We strive to feed our children food that is healthy and nutritious! Kids love yummy food so we do our best to combine cool, yummy, green, and healthy all at the same time!

Wheat Ridge Learning Academy

7300 W 38th Ave.
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
(303) 456-4503
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Wheat Ridge Learning Academy Welcomes You!!

Curriculum – We believe that young children learn and construct knowledge as a result of meaningful and purposeful experiences. Skills and concepts are developed through child-initiated and teacher-initiated activities. Our teachers recognize that young children reach different levels of learning and development at different times. Curriculum is individualized based on the needs of their students.

Daily Program – The daily program provides a mixture of free play, planned activities and whole group activities. Included in the program is a period of rest for all of the children attending.

Staff –Our teachers are highly trained, caring individuals who enjoy children and are dedicated early childhood professionals. Each class is taught by a qualified lead teacher and all of our staff members meet state requirements for working with young children.

 

Wheat Ridge Learning Academy

7300 W 38th Ave.
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
(303) 456-4503
wheatridgelearningacademy.com