This course will teach all about chemistry in and around your house!  Each week, we will perform a laboratory activity or experiment consisting of ingredients and tools found in your very own home!   Using thoughtful exploration and experimentation, we will reveal the hidden world of chemistry that’s all around you!

From measuring the world around us to challenges in transportation and architecture, we’ll be laying the foundation for these Tinker Tots to grow into Confident Creators!

In an out-of-this-world experience, this camp will take children on an odyssey through space and time! We’ll learn how to detect alien solar systems hidden away in constellations and create weird alien worlds, we’ll play in quantum foam before modeling star-sized atoms, and wrap things up using time travel to go from the Big Bang […]

Learn about set design and costuming on a miniature scale! Students get to create their own model of a theater and the characters that live within the play they're designing.

In honor of National Seed Swap Day and International Reducing CO2 Emissions Day, we’re exploring how you can start eating locally and growing your own food! We’ll make kid-sized planters and send your little sprouts home with the beginnings of their very own garden, with advice and support from local farmers! No need to preregister. […]

Come build a snowman, snow woman or snow creature in Ives Park, Potsdam with your family or friends . Bring items from home to make your snow creation special. Prizes for winners. FREE hot chocolate and cookies in the gazebo and s'mores around the campfire. Coffee and hot chocolate donated by Jernabi Coffee House. Winter […]

Create a winter wonderland under our half circle snow dome. Add sparkles and "snow" to add sensory movement when you shake it up. This is a recycling craft with amazing results! Design your own scenery filled with winter whimsical fun. No need to preregister. Program included with membership and admission.

Toddler Music is a mixed-age music and movement class for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and their caregivers, that includes activities designed to promote musical learning across ages. Activities include singing and chanting, dancing and finger plays, and playing children’s instruments, aka: making noise and jumping around. You don’t want your little one to miss out! With […]

Explore the world of architectural designs and create futuristic utopias. We will learn about floating homes, design our own tree houses for houseplants and create famous miniatures. We will play with lots of different materials and practice our structural building skills. Learn about architectural drawings and see our plans for the upstairs!

Kids will learn beginning sewing techniques and create various fun and challenging projects such as: a change purse, hat and mittens, etc. We will not be using sharp needles in this class.These hand-sewing techniques are valuable skills which will prove useful all through life!