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Afterschool, Child Care, Youth Development, Staff Training, and Consulting

Saturday, September 5, 2015

Sam the Worm: A Teambuilding Activity

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August was all about getting to know each other, the staff and our environment. One of our favorite activities was Saving Sam! The Challeng...
Sunday, July 12, 2015

Fun for the Zoo: Engineering Enrichment and Enhancement.

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In our Fun for the Zoo class, student “fungineers” are challenged to invent enrichment items that provide stimulation, challenge, and novel...
Friday, November 28, 2014

Fun for the Zoo

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In an amazing  collaboration between CC & the  ABQ BioPark ., each this month this class experiences a special visit by zoo educat...
Wednesday, September 10, 2014

More than STEM: Creating Community through STEM Classes

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Creating a Sense of Belonging In our afterschool STEM classes, we DO want to increase knowledge of science, technology, engineering, a...
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Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Lego Movie Literacy

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Lego’s are fun. The Lego Movie that was released this year added even more excitement to the classic building toy. Our idea was to create a...
Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Spellin' Hopscotch

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Spellin Hopscotch - Create a 35-letter (vowels and R, S, T, and N are written twice), 10-row hopscotch grid on the floor,...

Long Love Lists

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Long Love Lists - We like to use adding tape for this fun literacy activity.   We simply put up a long strip of adding ta...
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About Chelsea and Mike

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Chelsea Ashcraft and Mike Ashcraft
Mike and Chelsea have been active in the child and youth development field since 1989. They currently live in a small mountain community of Cedar Grove, New Mexico with their two wonderful daughters. They met while working at a YMCA that ran a summer day camp and school-age child care program. They founded and direct a non-profit organization that provides youth development programs as well as staff training, and consulting. Mike taught courses in brain-based teaching, and middle childhood development for Concordia University. Mike is a Past President of the NM School-Age Care Alliance and the NM Association for the Education of Young Children. Chelsea teaches courses in leadership, child care management, early childhood guidance, and teaching strategies at the Central New Mexico college. Mike is the author of Best Practices: Guidelines for School-Age Programs and the Best Practices Workbook. They frequently teach workshops, seminars, and keynotes. Mike and Chelsea are co-authors of Leading to Learn, Learning to Lead:- Organizational Leadership for Youth Development and Child Care Directors.
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