Our Executive Director, Amy Davis, oversees the children’s programming. Amy earned her MSEd from Bank Street College in NYC, completed a year of training at Columbia Teacher’s College with Lucy Caulken’s Writer’s Workshops for Children, and completed the certification in Teaching Mindfulness to Children at the Interdependence Project in NYC. as well as receiving her certificate in Art Therapy through The New School for Social Research at the same time she completed her BA. She uses all of this together with her experience teaching children ages 3-17 and raising 3 kids of her own to develop our curriculum, structure the day, and respond to interests of the children on any given day.

Bank Street College of Education is a graduate school for educators that teaches a developmental-interaction approach to childhood learning. Bank Street’s educational philosophy begins with sound child-development principles that form the foundation of carefully considered experiential learning through curricula that reflects both the developmental stage of the child and their natural curiosity. The curriculum our director writes for the children each summer is a fully integrated, hands-on approach to the subject matter that is engaging and fun for kids.

In addition to Amy, another adult with teaching experience will be working with the children together with two helpers. Helpers are chosen from a pool of applicants interested in pursuing a career in child services. Additionally, we hope to continue using our tweens trained in our Guidepost program as role models and partner “buddies” to the younger children when we travel outside of the classroom.

Yes! Register for whatever works with your schedule! There is no discount for multiple weeks, but there is a chance we will be full if you decide you want more weeks later in the spring/summer.

No we do not serve food but we have a refrigerator as needed for your child’s lunch. We often have organic juice frozen pops for the kids and sometimes berries or melons as well.

Please note: we do eat in the park some days as well as in the museum when we take field trips.

We start the day as group with a welcoming mindfulness game followed by any thoughts children would like to share with the group. Children will then be told what’s on the schedule and review the rules around these activities. Activites on a given day always include art, opportunities for scientific exploration, play time, outdoor activities, and lunch and snacks.

Yes! We have extended day care until 6pm. activities in the afternoons usually involve going to a park, watching a movie related to what the children are learning, indoor games, and time for reading, writing and any other form of expression. You can purchase up to 5 days here: https://momence.com/m/468018