fall 2023-spring 2024 DAYTIME CLASSES

Ages 8 - 14 | Fall and Spring Semesters

We’re enrolling now for the upcoming school year! Sign up for Fall 2023-Spring 2024 daytime programs for youth ages 8-14! We’re offering one class each semester. Spring and Fall semester dates and program details are outlined below. Programs will pause from Nov 20-Mar 24 aside from special winter break camps.

  • Fall 2023 Semester Dates | 9 weeks | September 18 - November 19 - Sense Stories: Sensory explorations of stories, science, & more

  • Spring 2024 Semester Dates | 10 weeks | March 25 - June 2 - Mobile Classroom: Worlds of wonder in our local environments

We offer tuition assistance options for daytime programs including sliding scale tuition, payment plans, and full scholarships. Applications for Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 are now closed.


Fall Semester: Sense Stories

Tuesdays, Sep 21-Nov 19 | 10am - 2:30pm | Ages 8-14 | 9 weeks
Maximum enrollment: 18. Returning families will be prioritized.

Ignite your imagination through the powers of perception!

How does a sound tell a story? How can a smell shape a place? What are the colors, textures, tastes, and feelings of your imagination? And how does your brain and body make sense of all this information? This class dives into the art and science of the senses, with hands-on explorations that will help us understand how our brains and bodies perceive the world around us. We’ll learn about the human eye, ear, nose, mouth, skin, and nervous system, take sense walks through nature, and create our own creative sensory worlds based on our experiences. We’ll create feasts for eyes, noses, and taste buds, play sensory guessing games, and build our own 3D landscapes and characters, rich with sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and textures inspired by nature, science, and artists who communicate through the diverse languages of our incredible human powers of perception.

Class Fee: $715. Sliding-scale and full scholarships are available for qualifying families. Payment plans are available to all. Please request a tuition assistance application to determine your tuition amount or payment plan. Email hello@kitesnest.org or fill out this contact form to request a tuition assistance application or for any questions regarding registration.


Spring Semester: Mobile Classroom! Worlds of Wonder

Thursdays, Apr 4-Jun 2 | 10am - 3pm | Ages 8-14 | 10 weeks
Make-up date: Saturday May 11
Maximum enrollment: 13

Chart your exciting escapades through the Hudson Valley!

In this class, we will take to the world beyond the Kite’s Nest campus for excursions into the art and nature of the Hudson Valley. Each week, we’ll hop in the van to visit waterfalls and sculpture parks, mountains, rivers, and caverns to ignite our sense of adventure. Through these adventures we’ll tap into our intrepid spirits to discover a new way to learn and explore the world around us, then we’ll record our experiences through individual and collective mapping projects. We’ll delve into the geography of our backyards, and chart our own experiences by location. We’ll learn mapping skills and tactics while igniting a deep reverence and delight for the world around us.

Class Fee: $750. Sliding-scale and full scholarships are available for qualifying families. Payment plans are available to all. Please request a tuition assistance application to determine your tuition amount or payment plan. Email hello@kitesnest.org or fill out this contact form to request a tuition assistance application or for any questions regarding registration.


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