During every preschool journey, students will discover something new about the world around them.  Each Journey includes a lesson on your selected topic, an art activity, and time for museum exploration.  All programs are hands-on and designed for children ages 3-6.

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At kidscommons:

$7/students. Chaperones & teachers are free on 1:1 ratio. Program length:  45 minutes. Pre-registration required. For more information or to book a program contact us at 812.378.3046 or alex.leddy@kidscommons.org 

In your Classroom:

$100/program. Program length:  45 minutes. Pre-registration required. For more information or to book a program contact us at 812.378.3046 or alex.leddy@kidscommons.org 

• Sensory Discovery: It’s a Surprise!
• Our World in Shapes and Colors
• Bugology

• Never underestimate the power of a surprise. Students investigate the five senses and then apply their knowledge to discover a surprise.

  Features:
  Imagery
  Physical Science
  Inquiry
  Cooperative Learning

• All around us there are shapes and colors. Looking at works of art you see how artists use these shapes and colors in their creations. Students will experiment with color theory and explore works of artists such as Mondrian, Chagall, and Mother Nature, then use what they learn to create a special take-home project.

  Features:
  Sort and Graph
  Classify
  Color Recognition
  Shapes

• Kidscommons offers three choices for Bugology. Preschool students are encouraged to identify and classify many different insects along with a focus option:

  The Life of Honeybees
  Digging through layers of the Earth’s surface
  Metamorphosis of the Butterfly

  Features:
  Classify
  Sort and Graph
  Discovery
  Life Science

• Marching Through the Seasons
• Under the Sea
• Pop Goes the Bubbles

• Explore the changing seasons. Students learn about each season and the forces behind how they change.

  Features:
  Inquiry
  Environment awareness
  Patterns
  Science

• Discover many secrets about underwater living. Students discuss habitats by comparing freshwater and saltwater fish. Students create a special fish craft to learn about fish anatomy.

  Features:
  Inquiry
  Color Recognition
  Comparing and Contrasting
  Group Collaboration
  Earth Science

• Enjoy making bubbles using everyday objects, then practice popping them with your body. Preschool students try different bubble experiments and learn a catchy bubble tune.

  Features:
  Discovery
  Physical Science
  Shapes
  Inquiry
  Fine Motor Skill Development
  Gross Motor Skill Development

• Going on a Bear Hunt
• Hardhat Builders
• Move Like the Animals

• Join us for a preschool adventure as we learn about bears in preparation for a      sensory hunt. We will ford rivers, brave snowstorms, and tiptoe through caves while never leaving the safety of the                  kidscommons classroom.

  Features:
  Phonological Awareness
  Exploration and Participation
  Fine Motor Skill Development
  Gross Motor Skill Development

• Grab your hardhats as junior civil engineers. Students will build with bricks and mortar, create bridges for elephants and send wrecking balls through cup towers. Students will take home mini construction kits to    continue their STEM learning at home.

  Features:
  Group Collaboration
  Numeracy and Measurement
  Dramatic Play
  Engineering Design

• Are you as swift as a gazelle or as flexible as a snake? Students walk and talk like animals while stretching their muscles through yoga. kidscommons resident animals will make a special visit.

  Features:
  Life Science
  Fine Motor Skill Development
  Large Motor Skill Development

• Circus Comes to Town
• Recycling Program
• Razzmatazz

• Become a performer under the big top.  Students practice balancing acts and perform an illusion.

  Features:
  Inquiry
  Color Recognition
  Comparing and Contrasting
  Group Collaboration
  Fine Motor Skill Development
  Large Motor Skill Development

• Recycling Program

  Recycled Lunch

  When lunch is done, we begin the fun. Students sort through a brown bag lunch to figure out what items can be recycled, composted or thrown in a landfill. How could we have packed this lunch with items that can be recycled, reduced and reused? Students conclude their visit with a tour of the Columbus Recycling Center and bioswale.

  Features:
  Classify
  Cooperative Learning
  Discovery

  This program is offered FREE to all Bartholomew County schools through a sponsorship by the Bartholomew County Solid Waste Management District.  Transportation is at no cost when using BCSC or FRHC school buses.  Reimbursements will only be made to the Transportation Department.

  Out of county schools may also schedule this program.  Fees are consistent with all other program offerings.

  Recycling programs are offered year-round.  Maximum number per program is 50 students.

  To schedule the Recycled Lunch program contact:

  Jessica Norcross, Recycling Center
  812-376-2614, press 5 then 4
  or email: jessica.norcross@bartholomew.in.gov

• More info coming soon!