Ignite your child’s curiosity this fall with our hands-on STEM and outdoor Homeschool Enrichment programs!

Designed for curious minds ages 5–12, our interactive weekly classes blend outdoor exploration, real-world science, and creative engineering challenges. Whether keeping an Explorer Field Journal or building a custom vehicle for our festive Pumpkin Derby, students will develop critical thinking skills, conduct real experiments, and build lasting confidence. Created and led by veteran educator Deahna Leigh, these student-centered classes provide a creative, testing-free space where children can collaborate and pursue their natural passions. Check out our Wednesday and Thursday schedules below to find the perfect adventure for your young explorer or engineer!

Discount for multiple classes/siblings! Call 732-706-4100 for details.

Ages 5-9

Young Explorers: Nature, Science & History | Ages 5-9

Young Explorers: Nature, Science & History | Ages 5-9
LOCATION: MIDDLETOWN ARTS CENTER – 36 Church Street, Middletown NJ 07748

Sep 23 - Nov 18 (no class Nov 4)
Wednesdays: 10:00am-11:15am

Young Explorers invites children ages 5–9 to discover the world through outdoor adventures, hands-on science, history, and creative problem-solving. Each week, children investigate questions about trees, wildlife, water, rocks, navigation, and how people have used the natural world throughout history. Through nature walks, experiments, building challenges, and creative projects, children learn to observe, wonder, investigate, and explain. They’ll develop curiosity, early scientific thinking, environmental awareness, and confidence in asking questions while keeping their own Explorer Field Journal.

8 classes: $280 (discount for multiple classes/siblings)
Price $289.80 ($280.00 + $9.80 fee)
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Forces, Motion, & Engineering | Ages 5-9

Forces, Motion, & Engineering | Ages 5-9
LOCATION: MIDDLETOWN ARTS CENTER – 36 Church Street, Middletown NJ 07748

Sep 23 - Nov 18 (no class Nov 4)
Wednesdays: 11:30am-12:45pm

In this hands-on STEM enrichment course, young engineers will explore what makes objects move, roll, speed up, slow down, and stop. Through playful experiments with ramps, wheels, surfaces, weight, and motion, children will discover concepts like force, gravity, friction, speed, and incline. Each week, they’ll make predictions, test their ideas, observe results, and build simple prototypes. As their understanding grows, students will design and improve their own pumpkin derby vehicles. The course culminates in a festive Pumpkin Derby where children put their engineering skills—and creativity—to the test!

8 classes: $280 (discount for multiple classes/siblings)
Price $289.80 ($280.00 + $9.80 fee)
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Ages 10-12

Young Explorers: Nature, Science & History | Ages 10-12

Young Explorers: Nature, Science & History | Ages 10-12
LOCATION: MIDDLETOWN ARTS CENTER – 36 Church Street, Middletown NJ 07748

Sep 24 - Nov 19 (no class Nov 5)
Thursdays: 10:00am-11:15am

Young Explorers challenges ages 10–12 to become investigators, scientists, historians, and problem-solvers through hands-on outdoor learning. Students explore ecosystems, wildlife, trees, water, geology, navigation, engineering, and how humans have adapted to the natural world. Through field investigations, experiments, mapping, and design challenges, students practice asking questions, forming hypotheses, analyzing evidence, and communicating conclusions. Each student maintains an Explorer Field Journal and develops projects throughout the course, culminating in a Young Explorers Exhibition where they present a discovery or investigation.

8 classes: $280 (discount for multiple classes/siblings)
Price $289.80 ($280.00 + $9.80 fee)
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Forces, Motion, & Engineering | Ages 10-12

Forces, Motion, & Engineering | Ages 10-12
LOCATION: MIDDLETOWN ARTS CENTER – 36 Church Street, Middletown NJ 07748

Sep 24 - Nov 19 (no class Nov 5)
Thursdays: 11:30am-12:45pm

Students will investigate the science behind motion through hands-on experiments exploring force, gravity, incline, speed, friction, weight, and design. They’ll conduct controlled tests, collect and compare data, identify variables, and use evidence to explain why objects move differently. As young engineers, students will apply what they learn to design, build, test, and redesign a pumpkin derby vehicle. Along the way, they’ll practice problem-solving, critical thinking, measurement, and iterative design. The eight-week experience culminates in a Pumpkin Derby where students test their designs and explain the engineering choices behind their creations.

8 classes: $280 (discount for multiple classes/siblings)
Price $289.80 ($280.00 + $9.80 fee)
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Meet The Instructor: Deahna Leigh

Having over 15 years experience in education as a teacher, Deahna has created

hands-on, exploratory programs for elementary and middle school-aged

learners. Fostering curiosity and project-based activities are at the heart of her

mission, and she believes that the teacher acts as a guide to navigate the path to

children’s individual interests and talents. Experiential learning opportunities

are strong drivers for motivation and a key to a lifelong love of learning. With her

small group enrichment classes, children are given space to ask questions,

collaborate with others, and spend time on their passions, all without a rigid

schedule or standardized testing.

Deahna has been a subject area teacher, special education teacher, worked as a

coach for students with ADHD, Autism, and behavioral disorders, and as a private

consultant to strengthen executive functioning skills. She teaches yoga, loves to

cook, and enjoys creating a learning environment that values creativity,

communication, and inquiry.

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