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How to Build Positive Community in Your After School Program

How to Build Positive Community in Your After School Program

Try these five activities to build positive community that lasts throughout the school year

10 Expert Tips for Clarifying Your Program Vision

10 Expert Tips for Clarifying Your Program Vision

Whether you’re just starting out or you’ve been in service for a while, your program vision is critical to its success.

9 Apps Every Program Leader Needs to Make Life Easier

9 Apps Every Program Leader Needs to Make Life Easier

Explore apps for program leaders designed to help you get organized, stay productive, and complete your to-do list with ease.

5 Time-Saving Tips to Make the Most of After School Time

5 Time-Saving Tips to Make the Most of After School Time

Program leaders can struggle to fit homework help, reading time, free play, and engaging learning activities into after school programs.

5 Proven Ways to Build Social Skills on the Playground

5 Proven Ways to Build Social Skills on the Playground

Playgrounds also offer many opportunities to build valuable social and emotional skills.

3 Tuning Fork Experiments to Explore Sound with Students

3 Tuning Fork Experiments to Explore Sound with Students

Read about sound experiments students can do with a tuning fork.

3 Farmer’s Market Activities That Will Encourage Healthy Eating

3 Farmer’s Market Activities That Will Encourage Healthy Eating

A trip to the local farmer’s market offers exciting, hands-on opportunities for students to learn about healthy foods and develop healthy eating habits.

4 Larger than Life Art Activities for After School

4 Larger than Life Art Activities for After School

There are two things kids love: being creative and getting messy!

Edible Flowers for a Creative Summer Snack

Edible Flowers for a Creative Summer Snack

Healthy snacks can provide a way to cool down over summer, while being nutritionally dense.

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