“Ready, Spark, Kindergarten” is a 15-week music program that joyfully fosters kindergarten readiness skills through rhyming and dance. All PreK scholars meet with an instructor weekly inside their classroom. This experience culminates in an energetic live showcase with parent and community audiences.

“Explore Galore with Monsters and More!” allows all kindergarten scholars to spend the day on-site at the Akron Children’s Museum predicting, estimating, counting, sorting, and more through playful discovery and problem solving.

In the two-part “Animal Encounters” experience with the Akron Zoo, all scholars participate in a guided tour of the Zoo where scholars observe habitats and identify how those habitats support living things. In part two, the Akron Zoo’s ZooMobile visits scholars in their classrooms where they will interact with animals to understand what living things need to survive.

“Junior Rangers: Ecosystem Explorers!” allows scholars to spend the day in Cuyahoga Valley National Park, exploring the natural world around them. They practice observation skills while investigating a pond and forest ecosystem. Scholars “think like a scientist” through exploration activities centered around making observations, asking questions about our observations, and making personal connections.

“Once Upon a Polymer” allows scholars to explore how creativity and polymers come together to create powerful storytelling experiences on stage - through props, lighting, movement, costumes, wigs, make-up, and more. Engaging interactive sessions allow scholars to step into the spotlight and go behind-the-scenes as they see what it takes to bring a story to life in a theatrical production.

Each fourth grade scholar visits the Akron Art Museum to discover the role of “Artist as Inventor." Scholars become both artists and inventors, as they find new ways of seeing the world, new ways of using materials, and new ways of solving problems through both a gallery and studio experience.

Fifth grade scholars advance their history skills by visiting Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens and experiencing “Akron: City of Opportunity” from the organization’s past by exploring the trades, crafts, and careers of 1920s immigrant or migrant workers. Scholars then apply their knowledge to modern-day Akron opportunities.