After School Tea Time – Week of 11/2/2021

Welcome back to After School Tea Time! Take a look at what we’re spilling this week! We have questions from all over Connecticut, so grab your tea cups and get comfortable. This is the tea you don’t want to miss!Question from New Haven County– There are a few children in our program who occasionally pick […]

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After School Tea Time – Week of 10/26/2021

Welcome back to After School Tea Time! Take a look at what we’re spilling this week! We have questions from all over Connecticut, so grab your tea cups and get comfortable. This is the tea you don’t want to miss! Question From Fairfield County– There are a few children in our program who do not […]

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After School Tea Time – Week of 10/19/2021

Welcome back to After School Tea Time! Take a look at what we’re spilling this week! We have questions from all over Connecticut, so grab your tea cups and get comfortable. This is the tea you don’t want to miss! Question from Fairfield County– There was recently a disagreement between two staff members in our […]

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STEM Beyond the School Day Series – Engineering Mindset 7

Engineering Mindset 7 : Children evaluate designs and make improvements By Christine Cunningham As mentioned earlier, reflection and evaluation of ideas is critical to the engineering mindset. Children are rarely asked to evaluate their own work, and engineering provides a rich arena in which to practice these skills. Engineering designs can be tested to see […]

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After School Tea Time – Week of 10/12/2021

Week of 10/11/2021 – Welcome back to After School Tea Time! Take a look at what we’re spilling this week! We have questions from all over Connecticut, so grab your tea cups and get comfortable. This is the tea you don’t want to miss!

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IT’S TIME to SPILL THE TEA

HEY! EVERYONE! Get your teacups ready because it’s time to “spill the tea” on all things after school!

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CLASP STEM Application open NOW. Apply today! 

Are you looking for an opportunity to explore and build comfort with sharing STEM learning as a regular part of your program? Are you a frontline educator and want to learn more about how to bring in cost-effective hands-on exploration of STEM ideas and how they connect with Social Emotional Learning skills.  Do you want […]

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Official Conference Website is Live!

The Connecticut After School Network’s official 2021 Virtual After School Conference website is now live! We are are happy to have this virtual opportunity once again to come together, celebrate our incredible accomplishments, reinvigorate ourselves for the future, and recognize the amazing difference that after school makes in the lives of so many children. We […]

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This is What a Scientist Looks Like!

Did the picture fool you?  We all know that’s what we are thinking but below is a lot closer to what REAL scientists look like. Myria Perez Fossil Preparator Myria Perez is a fossil preparator. She cleans and repairs fossils to make them suitable for study and display. Myria started volunteering in the paleontology department […]

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