#1 PA Days for Kids
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PA Days
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PA Day Fridays
Hours:
9AM-3:30PM
9AM-3:30PM
Before care: 8-9AM
After care: 3:30-6PM
Please send a nut-free lunch and snacks.
Three Age
Groups
Groups
Grades 1-2: Neutrons
Grades 3-5: Protons
Grades 6-8: Atoms
Daily Outdoor
Play Time
Play Time
Weather permitting, we take kids to a nearby family-friendly park for outdoor games for at least an hour a day.
1:8 Ratio
1:8 Maker-Mentor to Student ratio, or better. All instructors are police-checked, first-aid trained, triple-reference checked, and highly trained.
Join our Kids PA Days:
Robotics, Coding, and Minecraft
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Robotics, Coding, and Minecraft
To empower the leaders of tomorrow with the skills and mindsets to change the world, MakerKids fosters the skills and mindsets for kids to realize their potential and make anything possible for themselves!
Our kids STEM programs teach and encourage a wide variety of skills. Soft skills: A) confidence, B) social skills, C) engagement. Technical skills: A) coding, B) design, and C) robotics.
Mini MakerKids PA Days
Grades 1-2
Mini MakerKids introduces kids in grades 1 and 2 to our core technology topics: Coding, Robotics, and Minecraft. At our Mini MakerKids camp, your child gets to work on a variety of projects throughout the day in small groups. They will design their own video game, create robotic inventions, explore the 3D design world of Minecraft, and do design and experimentation. Your child will build on the skills they’ve learned throughout the day, coming out of camp with transferable technical skills and social skills.
The cross-discipline exposure puts a focus on valuable skills and allows kids to see real progress as their abilities grow. Throughout the day, all of their projects tie back to the theme to reinforce the importance of interconnectivity in technology.
Skills Learned: Social Skills, Confidence, Design, Problem-solving, Game Design, Electronics and Planning
Idea Incubator STEM PA Days
Grades 3-5 and 6-8
Come learn a little bit about all the topics we run at MakerKids!
If you’re looking for inspiring STEM education, this is the right place! In each PA Day, kids make something awesome, create their own projects and collaborate with others. We aim to create a transformative experience for kids to empower them to be creators and not just consumers, to find their inner talents and to discover skills they can use throughout their lives.
Kids will build leadership skills, meet other kids who are makers, make their own projects, and more – with a mix of hands-on, technical and creative projects from all three of our core technology topics (Robotics, Coding, and Minecraft).
What Kids Will Learn:
Minecraft: Block and Item Design
Coding: Code a Game
Robotics: Build a Circuit
Check out all our PA days throughout the year. Each PA day has a different theme.
Skills Learned: Social Skills, Confidence, Design, Problem-solving, Game Design, Electronics and Planning
Coding PA Days
Grades 3-5 and 6-8
Coding is an important language to learn. With the demand for STEM workers continuing to increase, learning coding from an early age is a sure way to gain an advantage in today’s competitive career world. Kids code games, websites and more. They learn how computers work, exercise creativity by coming up with ideas for how their project will look and feel, and build resilience and perseverance when trouble-shooting their code. Learn coding in this one day camp session! Kids will learn to code an video game.
Skills Learned: Resilience, Confidence, Internet Safety, Logic, Game Design, Beta-Testing
Robotics PA Days
Grades 3-5 and 6-8
Learn robotics in this one day camp session, where kids will learn to build a robotic invention! Kids make electronic creations that they previously could have only dreamed of. Kids get to see the results of their code right before their eyes. They realize that they can make things that others can use. Kids exercise creativity by developing project ideas, learn to design projects for specific user needs, and give and receive feedback on their designs. Kids will use microcontrollers to learn about robotics, electronics, and circuits while building robotics creations.
Skills Learned: Self-Confidence, Creativity, Teamwork, Coding, Electronics, Math, Reading, Writing, Design
Minecraft PA Days
Grades 3-5 and 6-8
We use the incredibly popular game Minecraft (now a mandatory school subject in Finland) as a medium to help kids build transferable skills such as coding, electronics, 3D design, servers, and more. We leverage kids’ interest in Minecraft as a gateway to introduce them to other STEM topics such as Robotics and Coding. Minecraft is also a great medium for teaching positive netizen skills and communication skills. Practice design and creation in Minecraft in this one day camp session, where kids will work together to plan and build a Minecraft world! Kids will design and build in the Minecraft world, while collaborating with new friends to make amazing digital creations.
Skills Learned: Social Skills, Patience, Communication, Teamwork, Problem-Solving, Coding, 3D Design
