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Drop-off Programs

Kids learn through play while parents get a break during our drop-off STEM programming!

Our Drop-off Programs:

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For ages 2 - 3

Thursdays from 9:00 - 11:00 AM

Our two-hour drop-off program offers young children a calm, enriching STEM experience in a space all their own.

 

With exclusive use of our facility, a maximum of 12 toddlers, and experienced educators, children receive the attention and support they need to explore with confidence. Each week features a new hands-on STEM theme to spark curiosity and discovery, and snack is included for added ease.

Potty independence is not required, so families can feel comfortable joining when their child is ready. With small group sizes and experienced educators, children enjoy a curated, welcoming environment filled with curiosity, wonder, and discovery.

What makes STEM Sprouts special?

STEM Sprouts Class Themes & Descriptions

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APRIL 2: 🧪 SCIENCE SURPRISES Get ready to be amazed in this fun chemistry class! Pop bubbles, whisk up taste-safe foam, use chemical reactions to inflate balloons, paint with water and watch colors change before your eyes.

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APRIL 9: 🪩 REFLECTION & MIRRORS Explore all kinds of shiny stuff as we play with flashlights, dance under disco balls, scoop glittery treasures, shine lights on mirrors, draw on foil and more!

APRIL 16: 🥕 VEGGIES & GARDEN Cut up veggies with kid-safe knives and look for seeds inside, make veggie prints in playdough, practice using watering cans, and wash real carrots in this fun hands-on STEM class!

APRIL 23: 📦️ BOX BONANZA Build box forts, stack boxes, scoop & fill mini boxes with rainbow rice, and hide & seek surprises in this fun engineering class!

APRIL 30: 🐞 BUGS Take a closer look at bugs & insects as we dig through a green noodle sensory bin, rescue bugs from a giant spider’s web, catch butterflies flying in the wind tunnel and watch giant hexbugs wiggle their way through a maze!

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MAY 7: 🐸 LIFE IN THE POND Experiment with floating lily pads, dig through a pond sensory bin, balance frogs, hop across turtle shells, and more!

MAY 14: 🎾 BALLS & RAMPS Experiment with all different kinds of balls (from ping pong balls to beach balls and everything in between!) and how they move on different ramp surfaces.

MAY 21: 🌺 FLOWERS Explore STEM in bloom as we count and sort real flowers, play with dried rose petals & rice in a sensory bin, build flowers with loose parts, and plant flowers in "mud" play dough!

MAY 28: ⛵️ BOATS & BRIDGES Get ready to become an engineer as we build & test different boats and bridges! Splash around with plastic boats in water, “float” wooden boats in a blue pasta sensory bin, test your balance on wood bridges across a fabric pond, and use loose parts to build bridges for mini people!

Ready to book STEM Sprouts?

 

STEM Sprouts participants must be between the ages of 2-3. Children may be in diapers or beginning potty training (children must come wearing a diaper or pull-up).

We encourage families to book our monthly registration option to help kids build relationships and foster a sense of community. Monthly registration also offers the best value! Single sessions are also available.

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For ages 3 - 5

Tuesdays from 2:00 - 4:30 PM

STEM Club is the ideal program for your preschooler to learn about STEM topics through play!

This 2.5 hour drop-off session gives kids a chance to make new friends, learn about STEM concepts through hands-on experiences, and make their own process-oriented maker projects to take home. This program also includes snack: fresh fruit and a choice of packaged snacks from our playspace. 

What makes STEM Club special?

STEM Club Class Themes & Descriptions

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MARCH 3: 🪺 BIRDS, NESTS & EGGS Learn about different birds & their adaptations including nest types, beak shape, diet and colors! Learn which bird makes a nest with its own spit and make your own papier-mâché to mimic the process!

MARCH 10: 🚗 THINGS THAT GO Investigate force & motion as we roll cars, float boats, fly planes, twist cranks, and launch rockets. Use makerspace supplies to personalize your own rolling box car!

MARCH 17: 🐣 WELCOME SPRING Investigate signs of spring as we collect eggs, examine flower buds, match mother and baby animals, and make pretend chicks chirp, then create a flowering spring branch to take home.

MARCH 24: ⚖️ BALANCING Experiment with weight and levers as we investigate different balancing toys & games, compare weights with scales, balance our bodies on stepping stones and create a collaborative hanging mobile! Use makerspace supplies to build a “balancing buddy” to take home.

MARCH 31: 🧪 SCIENCE SURPRISES Jump into kid-friendly chemistry as we pop bubbles, whisk up taste-safe foam, use chemical reactions to inflate balloons, and experiment with pH indicators before we make our own marbled “magic milk” print.

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APRIL 7: 🪩 REFLECTION & MIRRORS Learn about the science of light as we play with lights, dance under disco balls, scoop glittery treasures, and shine lights on mirrors. Make your own CD collage suncatcher!

APRIL 14: 🥕 VEGGIES & GARDEN Learn about plant life cycles and some of the vegetables we eat as we cut up veggies with kid-safe knives, practice using watering cans, wash real carrots, and make our own art prints using real veggies as stamps!

APRIL 21: 📦️ BOX BONANZA Become a “boxitect” as we build box forts, learn how to use special tools to cut and attach cardboard, stack boxes into high towers and design & construct your own “not a box” to take home!

APRIL 28: 🐞 BUGS Learn about bug types and their role in our ecosystem as we find the bugs hiding in a green noodle sensory bin, catch butterflies flying in the wind tunnel, match bug picture puzzles and build bug habitats. Learn about symmetry and make a butterfly suncatcher to take home.

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MAY 5: LIFE IN THE POND 🐸 Explore aquatic animals and their life cycles as we experiment with floating lily pads, dig through a pond sensory bin, balance frogs, hop across turtle shells, and more! Learn about turtles and make your model frog head complete with working tongue!

MAY 12: 🎾 BALLS & RAMPS Explore gravity and force & motion as we ramp up for this fun physics class! Experiment with all different kinds of balls (from ping pong balls to beach balls and everything in between!) and how they move on different ramp surfaces, then create kinetic art by rolling marbles around in paint.

MAY 19: 🌺 FLOWERS Learn about the parts of a flower as we count and sort real flowers, play with dried rose petals & rice in a sensory bin, build flowers with loose parts, and plant flowers in "mud" play dough! Make your own flower petal suncatcher to take home.

MAY 26: ⛵️ BOATS & BRIDGES Experiment with the forces of buoyancy and gravity as we build and test boats and bridges! Splash around with plastic boats in water, “float” wooden boats in a blue pasta sensory bin, build car ramps and use loose parts to build bridges for mini people! Kids will make & test their own pool noodle sailboat at the end of class.

Ready to book STEM Club?

STEM Club participants must be between the ages of 3-5 and potty independent (able to communicate the need to use the restroom, manage clothing, wipe independently, and wash hands without assistance).

 

We encourage families to book our monthly registration option to help kids build relationships and foster a sense of community. Monthly registration also offers the best value! Single sessions are also available.

Peek Inside STEM Club

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For ages 3 - 5

Select Fridays from 5:00 - 7:30 PM

STEM Club is the perfect opportunity for your preschooler to learn about STEM topics through play! This 2.5 hour drop-off program gives kids a chance to make new friends, learn about STEM concepts through hands-on experiences, and make their own process-oriented maker projects to take home. This program also includes snack (fresh fruit and a choice of crunchy snacks from our play space). Caregivers will have an opportunity to select their child’s snack upon arrival, and kids may bring a snack from home if desired.

What makes Parent's Night Out special?

STEM Club Class Themes & Descriptions

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JAN 6: 🪇 SOUNDS LIKE FUN Learn about the science of sound as we experiment with pitch, volume and rhythm! Try different musical instruments, guess mystery sounds, use kitchen utensils to test out how different pots and pans sound and engineer your own shaker to bring home.

JAN 13: 🌋 ROCKS, FOSSILS & VOLCANOES Learn about different kinds of rocks and how they form as we use playdough to make model fossils, take a closer look at geodes on the light table, sift through sand in a model fossil dig, and experiment with kid-safe volcanic eruptions! Make your own sparkling watercolor geode to take home.

JAN 20: 🏰 FAIRYTALES The Gingerbread Man, Rapunzel, Jack, and The Billy Goats Gruff need our help! Use catapults, parachutes, slides and building skills to solve problems for these familiar friends. Make a an optical illusion toy to turn a frog into a price!

JAN 27: 🌨️ GROUNDHOG DAY & WEATHER Learn about the science of weather and making predictions as we read about this wacky holiday and construct different cloud types, build a groundhog den, and experiment with rain, wind & model tornados! Make your own groundhog shadow puppet to take home.

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FEB 3: 🧠 HUMAN BODY Learn more about what makes us tick as we listen to heartbeats, examine X-rays, inflate lungs, assemble skeletons, and make organs out of playdough! Learn about how fingerprints are unique and make art with your fingerprints to take home.

FEB 10: 💗 VALENTINE’S STEM Spread the STEM love as we celebrate Valentine’s day with themed STEM activities including fizzy baking soda hearts, flying rose petals in the wind tunnel, coffee filter chromatography, and a rose petal rice sensory bin! Make a cute clothespin “love bug” to take home.

FEB 17: 🌀 PLAYFUL PATTERNS Explore visual and textured patterns as we make patterns with playdough, sand, crayons, colored beads, and light! Use patterned collage paper and washi tape to pair together a paper pattern quilt to take home.

FEB 24: 👃 FOLLOW YOUR NOSE Investigate your sense of smell as we mix fresh herbs into play dough, draw on sandpaper with cinnamon sticks, activate tea bags with warm water, and play with a citrus sensory bin! Test your smelling skills by matching scents and painting scratch and sniff art to bring home.

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MARCH 3: 🪺 BIRDS, NESTS & EGGS Learn about different birds & their adaptations including nest types, beak shape, diet and colors! Learn which bird makes a nest with its own spit and make your own papier-mâché to mimic the process!

MARCH 10: 🚗 THINGS THAT GO Investigate force & motion as we roll cars, float boats, fly planes, twist cranks, and launch rockets. Use makerspace supplies to personalize your own rolling box car!

March 17: 🐣 WELCOME SPRING Investigate signs of spring as we collect eggs, examine flower buds, match mother and baby animals, and make pretend chicks chirp, then create a flowering spring branch to take home.

MARCH 24: ⚖️ BALANCING Experiment with weight and levers as we investigate different balancing toys & games, compare weights with scales, balance our bodies on stepping stones and create a collaborative hanging mobile! Use makerspace supplies to build a “balancing buddy” to take home.

MARCH 31: 🧪 SCIENCE SURPRISES Jump into kid-friendly chemistry as we pop bubbles, whisk up taste-safe foam, use chemical reactions to inflate balloons, and experiment with pH indicators before we make our own marbled “magic milk” print.

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3709-A University Drive Durham, NC 27707

919-213-8527

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