Summer is a special time at Kids Can Community Center. Our summer program lasts the entire summer from school’s end in May to its start in August. Kids Can focuses on partnering our STEMsmart curriculum of Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Strength, Music, Arts, Reading and Tutoring with dynamic field trips. Weekly themes pair on-site learning with an average of three off-site field trips per week.
Available to school-age children, our state-licensed program is open from 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM and includes breakfast, lunch, and an afternoon snack. There is no extra charge for field trips, swimming or other activities. Families are only charged for days your child(ren) attend. Child Care Subsidy (Title XX) payment is accepted, and some scholarships are available.
SCHEDULES
Program Dates: Our summer program will begin on May 26th and runs until August 14th. We will be closed on holidays in observance of Juneteenth and Independence Day.
Daily Schedules: Each classroom will have homeroom periods where we will be doing different activities/lessons that will help them retain the materials they have learned during the school year to keep those skills sharp during the summer months. After homerooms, the days will be filled with field trips, STEMsmart programming, and different community partners that will come help us learn more about what fun things Omaha has to offer. To close out the day, we will have time to center ourselves and read some of our favorite books in a nice calm environment. Each week has a different theme that we will center all our programming on and you can find that schedule below:
- Welcome/Kindness Week May 26 - 29: Welcome to Kids Can! This week is all about learning what our organization is all about and what to look forward to this summer. From getting to know our classmates to learning what field trips we are going on during these next couple of months, we will get to know it all!
- Eco Heroes & Green Machines Week June 1 – 5: This week focuses on giving back to the community and the environment. We'll learn about the history of Omaha while becoming Eco Heroes through planting a pollinator garden, building bird feeders, and even growing our own vegetables
- Outer Space Week June 8- 12: What goes up, must come back down. During this week, we will focus on gravity and outer space. From rockets to asteroids, we'll investigate it all with our cool cosmic curriculum.
- Mad Scientists & Mini Investors Week June 15 – 18: We're putting on our creative hats this week with inventions and innovation. We'll be learning the basics of tools, making cardboard forts, and even 3D printing anything our mini inventors can imagine. CLOSED on Friday, June 19 for Junteenth.
- Motion Commotion Week June 22 – 26: Get ready to get on your feet for this energy-filled week of sports, yoga, hot wheels, bey blades, and everyone's favorite: ZTAG!
- Sloppy Science Week June 29 – July 2: Pack your messy clothes for this week. We're talking slime, volcanoes, painting with robots, and everything sticky (our little way of saying "stick with it"). CLOSED on Friday, July 3 for Independence Day.
- Crafty Creations Week July 6 – 10: Prepare those minds to think outside the box with this week of creativity. From paint, to clay, to our own little maker-space; if you can dream it, you can make it.
- Animalpalooza Week July 13 – 17: Ready, set, ROAR! For animal week. We'll have some animal ambassadors along with our own animal artifacts to investigate and explore animal adaptions.
- Music Mania Week July 20 – 24: We may not have 96 trombones, but we do have a tuba. Get ready for a week of sound, music, and testing out some instruments. This is your chance to play music as loud as you can, I’m sure our neighbors don’t mind.
- Chef's Challenge Week July 27 - 31: They let us cook on this one. Remember those vegetables we planted in week 1? Now we're using them to make pickles and other delicious treats. We'll explore the world of taste in this culinary cabaret.
- Splash Along Week August 3 - 7: We are going to end the summer with a SPLASH! All week we will spend as much time playing with water and even racing home made boats. One thing is for sure, your clothes are getting wet in this water filled week of fun.
- Community Clean Up & End of Summer August 11 - 14: During this final week, we will take some time cleaning up around our building (inside and outside) and do our part to keep our community beautiful. OPS starts school on August 20th.
Enrollment
To schedule an appointment to complete the registration process, tour our facilities, and learn more about the program call 402-731-6988 or contact Tori Anderson at tanderson@kidscan.org. General office hours are between 8:30 AM and 4:30 PM to complete the enrollment process.
See below for enrollment forms as well as the required documents and fees needed prior to starting. We must receive either confirmation from Child Care Subsidy (Title XX) authorization or a registration fee ($25 for an individual child/$40 for multiple) and a two-week deposit ($450) to be completely enrolled.
For Child Care Subsidy (Title XX) authorizations our provider number is 77283875.
Other requirements before you child begins:
- Registration forms completed
- Expectations & policies received
- Current immunization records
- Orientation with the Director and Assistant Director
- Registration fee
- Deposit
- First week's payment
