Afterschool Labs

Join Us . . .

  • @ A School Near You

    Programs conveniently held
    right in your child’s school!

  • @ AcademyOnline!

    Live, instructor-led lab programs that fit your child’s interest and your schedule!

  • @ Our Campus

    Regularly Scheduled Programs for Pre-K to 8th Graders
    Just Down the Road from You!

This Term, Your Kids Can…

. . . Build Robots, Code Games, Develop Apps & Websites and Create Cool 21st Century Gadgets. You can find information about our after-school programs for children of all skill levels—beginners to advanced—below. If you have any questions, or need help registering, please contact us at info@littleivyacademy.com, or by phone at 201-444-8400.

Current Offerings @ Our Ridgewood Campus

[Update for This Term: We hope to resume our onsite after-school programs in 2021. Meanwhile, we invite your child to join us Onsite @ our Ridgewood Campus for a Virtual School-Day Enrichment Pod,  Online @ AcademyOnline! for virtual STEAM programs & school break camps, or either Online or Onsite for a Have Your Own Lab, program. Please don’t hesitate to contact us by e-mail @ info@littleivyacademy.com  or by phone @ 201-444-8400.]

This term, we will be offering the following programs here @ our Ridgewood Campus! Program information including ages, prices and descriptions can be found below.If you register additional siblings, a 10% discount will be applied for each additional brother and/or sister when we process your credit card.

If you have any questions, or need help registering, please contact us at info@littleivyacademy.com, or by phone at 201-444-8400.

RobotMakers: Robots Coming to Their Senses!

Creating robots that interact with their environments is what’s in store for your child when they engage this challenging series of projects that deploy sensors, along with the related engineering concepts & coding needed to animate ‘bots that make sense of the world.

  • Dates: Wednesdays, 2/26/20 to 4/15/20 (no lab 4/8)
  • Time: 5:00 pm – 6:10 pm
  • Grades: Pre -K to 1st Grade
  • Tuition: $175.00

InventionMakers: Everyday Inventions!

Your child can be an inventor! Utilizing the LittleBits electronic invention system, kids will design and create useful digital inventions. Once they have their inventions finished, they’ll have the opportunity to “pitch” them Shark Tank-style to their fellow lab mates!

  • Dates: Tuesdays, 2/25/20 to 4/14/20 (No class on 4/7)
  • Time: 5:00 pm – 6:10 pm
  • Grades: K-2nd Grade
  • Tuition: $175.00

InventionMakers: Everyday Inventions!

Your child can be an inventor! Utilizing the LittleBits electronic invention system, kids will design and create useful digital inventions. Once they have their inventions finished, they’ll have the opportunity to “pitch” them Shark Tank-style to their fellow lab mates!

  • Dates: Tuesdays, 2/25/20 to 4/14/20 (No class on 4/7)
  • Time: 5:00 pm – 6:10 pm
  • Grades: 3rd-5th Grade
  • Tuition: $175.00

RobotMakers: Robots Engage & Interact

Now your child can deploy NXT Generation mobile robotic technology to create robots that use a range of sensors (touch, hear, see, etc.)  to engage & interact with their environment & each other! Paired with a “flavor” of the age-appropriate Scratch programming language created at MIT’s Media Lab, your child can develop their critical thinking and STEAM skills as the build & code these engaging bots.

  • Dates: Wednesdays, 2/26/20 to 4/15/20 (no lab 4/8)
  • Time: 5:00 pm – 6:10 pm
  • Grades: 3rd–5th Grade
  • Tuition: $175.00

GameMakers: Classic Adventure!

Your child will be engaged in designing & coding a range of basic adventure-style video games, including inventing their own customized characters, new worlds of mazes and awesome challenges for their avatars.

  • Dates: Thurdays, 2/13/20 to 3/26/20
  • Time: 5:00 pm – 6:10 pm
  • Grades: 3rd–5th Grade
  • Tuition: $175.00

GameMakers: Classic Adventure!

Your child will be engaged in designing & coding a range of basic adventure-style video games, including inventing their own customized characters, new worlds of mazes and awesome challenges for their avatars.

  • Dates: Thurdays, 2/13/20 to 3/26/20
  • Time: 5:00 pm – 6:10 pm
  • Grades: 6th–8th Grade
  • Tuition: $175.00

WebDevelopers: Internet Rockstars!

Your child can open the world of website creation for themselves, discovering the coding know-how they’ll need to build a website for their favorite team, band or show! Using Mozilla’s Thimble software and their own imaginations, kids in 3rd-5th grades will use CSS, HTML and more to develop a functional website for all to see!

  • Dates: Fridays, 2/14/20 to 3/27/20
  • Time: 5:00 pm – 6:10 pm
  • Grades: 3rd–5th Grade
  • Tuition: $175.00

WebDevelopers: Internet Rockstars!

Your child can open the world of website creation for themselves, discovering the coding know-how they’ll need to build a website for their favorite team, band or show! Using Mozilla’s Thimble software and their own imaginations, kids in 6th-8th grades will use CSS, HTML and more to develop a functional website for all to see!

  • Dates: Fridays, 2/14/20 to 3/27/20
  • Time: 5:00 pm – 6:10 pm
  • Grades: 6th–8th Grade
  • Tuition: $175.00

Current Offerings @ A School Near You!

[Update for This Term: We hope to resume our onsite after-school programs in 2021. Meanwhile, we invite your child to join us Onsite @ our Ridgewood Campus for a Virtual School-Day Enrichment Pod,  Online @ AcademyOnline! for virtual STEAM programs & school break camps, or either Online or Onsite for a Have Your Own Lab, program. Please don’t hesitate to contact us by e-mail @ info@littleivyacademy.com  or by phone @ 201-444-8400.]

This term, we will be offering the following programs at these schools! Program information including ages, prices and descriptions can be found below. If you register additional siblings, a 10% discount will be applied for each additional brother and/or sister when we process your credit card.
If you have any questions, or need help registering, please contact us at info@littleivyacademy.com, or by phone at 201-444-8400.

Join Us At. . .

Dorchester School, Woodcliff Lake

RobotMakers: Robots in Motion!

Your child will put real fun into action, advancing their STEM skills while building & coding a range of moving, spinning robotic devices. . . bringing motors to life. . . setting wheels & gears into action… and more  while they become familiar with both the programming language & engineering know-how they’ll need to complete each project.

  • Dates: Mondays, 1/27/20 to 3/16/20 (No Lab: 2/17)
  • Time: 2:50 pm – 4:00 pm
  • Grades: K-2nd Grade
  • Registration & Tuition is being handled directly by Dorchester School. Please contact Maria Svecak at: malia516@yahoo.com
East Brook School, Park Ridge

RobotMakers: Robots Coming to Their Senses!

Creating robots that interact with their environments is what’s in store for your child when they engage this challenging series of projects that deploy sensors, along with the related engineering concepts & coding needed to animate ‘bots that make sense of the world.

GameMakers: Classic Adventure!

Your child will be engaged in designing & coding a range of basic adventure-style video games, including inventing their own customized characters, new worlds of mazes and awesome challenges for their avatars.

 

RobotMakers: Start Making Moves!

Your child & their lab mates can make motors move, gears whir & sensors react when they take control of building & coding their own mobile, sensing robots! Using the LEGO EV3 robotics system & an age-appropriate coding language, they’ll discover the basics needed to transform their ideas into sensor-driven robotic creations on the go!

Hawes School, Ridgewood

GameMakers: First Encounters!

Now, your child can move from passive user to active creator of their own interactive, animated stories & video games. They’ll be using the age-appropriate Scratch, Jr. coding language as they explore the essential elements of story & game design.

  • Dates: Fridays, 2/7/20 to 3/20/20
  • Time: 3:00 pm – 4:10 pm
  • Grades: Kindergarten–2nd Grade
  • Tuition: $195.00

RobotMakers: Start Making Moves!

Your child & their lab mates can make motors move, gears whir & sensors react when they take control of building & coding their own mobile, sensing robots! Using the LEGO EV3 robotics system & an age-appropriate coding language, they’ll discover the basics needed to transform their ideas into sensor-driven robotic creations on the go!

  • Dates: Thursdays, 2/6/20 to 3/19/20
  • Time: 3:00 pm – 4:10 pm
  • Grades: 3rd-5th Grade
  • Tuition: $195.00
Ho-Ho-Kus School, Ho-Ho-Kus

GameMakers: First Encounters!

Now, your child can move from passive user to active creator of their own interactive, animated stories & video games. They’ll be using the age-appropriate Scratch, Jr. coding language as they explore the essential elements of story & game design.

  • Dates: Wednesdays, 2/5/20 to 3/25/20 (No lab: 2/19)
  • Time: 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
  • Grades: Kindergarten–2nd Grade
  • Tuition: $175.00

RobotMakers: Next Generation!

Unleash your child’s imagination with opportunities to deploy NXT generation mobile technology and a made-for-robotics version of the age-appropriate Scratch programming language, as they build and program mobile bots that navigate through (and sometimes around) the challenges and obstacles they “sense” along the way!

  • Dates: Tuesdays, 2/4/20 to 3/24/20 (No Lab: 2/18)
  • Time: 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
  • Grades: 3rd–5th Grade
  • Tuition: $175.00
Strawtown Elementary, West Nyack

RobotMakers: Robots Coming to Their Senses!

Creating robots that interact with their environments is what’s in store for your child when they engage this challenging series of projects that deploy sensors, along with the related engineering concepts & coding needed to animate ‘bots that make sense of the world.

  • Dates: Mondays, 2/24/20 to 4/27/20 (no lab 3/23 & 4/13)
  • Time: 2:40 pm – 3:50 pm
  • Grades: K to 2nd Grade
  • Registration & Tuition: Registration is being handled directly by Strawtown Elementary. Please contact Mindy Roberts at: Mindara13@yahoo.com

RobotMakers: Robots Engage & Interact

Now your child can deploy NXT Generation mobile robotic technology to create robots that use a range of sensors (touch, hear, see, etc.)  to engage & interact with their environment & each other! Paired with a “flavor” of the age-appropriate Scratch programming language created at MIT’s Media Lab, your child can develop their critical thinking and STEAM skills as the build & code these engaging bots.

  • Dates: Mondays, 2/24/20 to 4/27/20 (no lab 3/23 & 4/13)
  • Time: 2:40 pm – 3:50 pm
  • Grades: 3rd–5th Grade
  • Registration & Tuition: Registration is being handled directly by Strawtown Elementary. Please contact Mindy Roberts at: Mindara13@yahoo.com
Travell School, Ridgewood

GameMakers: First Encounters!

Now, your child can move from passive user to active creator of their own interactive, animated stories & video games. They’ll be using the age-appropriate Scratch, Jr. coding language as they explore the essential elements of story & game design.

  • Dates: Fridays, 2/7/20 to 3/27/20
  • Time: 3:00 pm – 4:10 pm
  • Grades: Kindergarten–2nd Grade
  • Tuition: $195.00

RobotMakers: Start Making Moves!

Your child & their lab mates can make motors move, gears whir & sensors react when they take control of building & coding their own mobile, sensing robots! Using the LEGO EV3 robotics system & an age-appropriate coding language, they’ll discover the basics needed to transform their ideas into sensor-driven robotic creations on the go!

  • Dates: Mondays, 2/3/20 to 3/23/20 (no lab 2/17)
  • Time: 3:00 pm – 4:10 pm
  • Grades: 3rd-5th Grade
  • Tuition: $195.00
Wandell School, Saddle River

RobotMakers: Robots Coming to Their Senses!

Creating robots that interact with their environments is what’s in store for your child when they engage this challenging series of projects that deploy sensors, along with the related engineering concepts & coding needed to animate ‘bots that make sense of the world.

  • Dates: Mondays, 2/3/20 to 3/23/20 (no lab 2/17)
  • Time: 2:50 pm – 4:00 pm
  • Grades: K to 2nd Grade
  • Tuition: $50.00 (Balance of tuition provided courtesy of Wandell School Education Foundation)

RobotMakers: Robots Engage & Interact

Now your child can deploy NXT Generation mobile robotic technology to create robots that use a range of sensors (touch, hear, see, etc.)  to engage & interact with their environment & each other! Paired with a “flavor” of the age-appropriate Scratch programming language created at MIT’s Media Lab, your child can develop their critical thinking and STEAM skills as the build & code these engaging bots.

  • Dates: Mondays, 2/3/20 to 3/23/20 (no lab 2/17)
  • Time: 2:50 pm – 4:00 pm
  • Grades: 3rd–5th Grade
  • Tuition: $50.00 (Balance of tuition provided courtesy of Wandell School Education Foundation)
West Ridge School, Park Ridge

RobotMakers: Robots Coming to Their Senses!

Creating robots that interact with their environments is what’s in store for your child when they engage this challenging series of projects that deploy sensors, along with the related engineering concepts & coding needed to animate ‘bots that make sense of the world.

  • Dates: Thursdays, 2/6/20 to 3/26/20 (no lab 2/20)
  • Time: 3:30 pm – 4:40 pm
  • Grades: K to 2nd Grade
  • Tuition: $175.00

WebDevelopers: Internet Rockstars!

Your child can open the world of website creation for themselves, discovering the coding know-how they’ll need to build a website for their favorite team, band or show! Using Mozilla’s Thimble software and their own imaginations, kids in 3rd-5th grades will use CSS, HTML and more to develop a functional website for all to see!

  • Dates: Tuesdays, 2/4/20 to 3/24/20 (no lab on 2/18)
  • Time: 3:30 pm – 4:40 pm
  • Grades: 3rd–4th Grade
  • Tuition: $175.00

WebDevelopers: Internet Rockstars!

Your child can open the world of website creation for themselves, discovering the coding know-how they’ll need to build a website for their favorite team, band or show! Using Mozilla’s Thimble software and their own imaginations, kids in 5th-6th grades will use CSS, HTML and more to develop a functional website for all to see!

  • Dates: Tuesdays, 2/4/20 to 3/24/20 (no lab on 2/18)
  • Time: 3:30 pm – 4:40 pm
  • Grades: 5th–6th Grade
  • Tuition: $175.00

Want Us at Your School?

Contact Us at info@littleivyacademy.com or CLICK HERE to use our Have Your Own Lab form.