Classes
Now in its 10th year, A Playdate everyday is an onsite afterschool enrichment program teaching social skills. With playdates at the heart of our program, we focus on engaging the whole child through a nurturing, child-centered approach that meets every student’s individual needs. A Playdate Everyday provides a safe, unique, highly-supervised experience within a fun, relaxed, no-tech environment.
Playdates
We call it "friendship fostering," constructively guiding—through playdates and a carefully designed curriculum—the natural process of making friends, being a friend, and learning teamwork. These daily playdates are the mainstay of our program, giving your child a supervised opportunity to socialize with a diverse group of peers. Every day.
Playdates are an important part of child rearing but, as any parent knows, they can be difficult to schedule. We solve that problem, so everyone wins. As one parent said, "My son Josh absolutely loves the program. I often come to pick him up and he doesn’t want to leave." '10 more minutes mom, please!!!' he'll plead."
Daily Enrichment Activities
From art and music to improv and dance to sign language and circle time. Each day, we build on our social development exercises with a range of activities that foster socialization and improve social skills. Additionally, we host periodic events, mixers and collaborative art shows, culminating in an end-of-the-year party showcasing the social skills learned.
Our Staff
We have a robust training program for our instructors.
Our well trained staff undergoes a robust training program and rigorous screening process, including thorough background checks. Parents also appreciate our low teacher to student ratio and the fact that we have little to no staff turnover.
Connecting Families
We believe children should have the opportunity to expand their school friendships outside of our program. So we train our staff in a specific curriculum based on observations made of each child. With this information, our staff can then work with parents to facilitate playdates outside of school, connecting them with other families. This matchmaking program reinforces friendships outside of the school curriculum and is very popular with parents and children alike.
"My daughter participated in A Playdate Everyday after school a couple of years ago at K280. The program was amazing for her social development then, but the skills my daughter learned there became invaluable during the pandemic. After emerging from lockdown in 2020, my daughter knew exactly what to do when playing with kids again. She remembered, and even referred to, lessons on asking other kids to play, on compromising when playing, and so much more! I would recommend this thoughtful and fun program to all families!"
