e-Smart Kids

Afterschool Program at Children's Castle

Director: Diana Donaldson, M.Ed. Mrs. Diana is a licensed, certified teacher with her Masters degree in Elementary Education from the Ohio State University. She is married and lives in Mechanicsburg, Ohio with her husband Martin. She plans on returning back to school for more research and to receive her Doctorate’s Degree (PhD) in either Administration or teaching Early Childhood Education classes at a university. But until then, she holds the position of Office Assistant during mornings, and after school, she serves as director of the e-Smart Kids program. She knows that shaping the minds of the young children today is important in the world and she is so excited that she gets the chance to do it at Children's Castle EduCare with her students!

Costs: Homework Help and basic tutoring will be free for our enrolled Latch-Key Students! Individualized fees or materials fees will be applied for special programs, extra workbooks, and specialized tutoring

Goals:

• Help children with their homework
• Help children prepare and practice for standardized tests
• Help expand children's thinking in areas of:
  • Spatial thinking
  • Logic
  • Sequencing
  • Predictions
  • Problem-solving
  • Comprehension

Tools

• Mazes and Puzzlers
• IQ Boosters
• Sudoku
• Backwards daily verse to unscramble
• Logic worksheets
• Practice Standardized Tests
• Word Roots (Latin and Greek)
• Tutoring / Help with Homework!
• Computers / Computer training / On-line resources

Optional Projects

• FIRST Lego League (FIRST Robotics)
• Polar Husky Project