A Day at Up On Top

KidzLit

The goal of KidzLit is to bring good books to life and help the kids enjoy reading.

Together the children, staff and volunteers read a range of children’s literature featuring stories and characters from diverse cultures and backgrounds. The books highlight the positive values such as respect, kindness and responsibility. The teacher reads the book and does exciting activities such as art, drama, music, writing and games that give the children a chance to connect the stories that they read. 

Science

The Science Club brings an opportunity for the children to participate in fun science experiments every week. Some of the activities include making their own sunscreen, creating flubber, making model volcanoes that really erupted, doing fun water experiments, and making plastic. Each activity includes a lesson on science and how it is a part of their everyday world. This year, the focus of Science Club is Life Sciences, including studying humans, animals, plants and how we are all connected.

Young Leaders

This class is designed to allow time for the 3rd –5th grade students to be together and work on team-building, interpersonal and social skills, self-esteem and creativity. The curriculum comes from activities in the books such as Adventures in Peacemaking. Students have written to pen pals in Florida and learned how to knit. This helps them develop hand and eye coordination skills and math skills. The students learn also patience as they work on a long-term project.