Online Summer Enrichment Program


About the Online Enrichment Program:  

​GPNS is excited to announce the launch of a free online  Enrichment Program for preschoolers.  GPNS is providing this program to support our community, so there is no sign-up or fee required to participate in the program.  Simply click here to view the videos.  GPNS will release one educational video each week with stories, activities, and interesting information. These videos are developed by our team of professional preschool teachers.   

In addition to the Online Enrichment Program videos, there are over 60 videos of the GPNS teachers reading children's books on the Garrett Park Nursery School Story Time channel. Click here to check them out!

Week One:   Worms

Join Ms. Laura and Ms. Jenn as they explore the world of worms! They'll read "Diary of a Worm," make "worm" art, create a worm habitat, and make worms "dance" using magnets.  

Click here to view this week's "Worms" video. 

The videos are educational and fun just to watch! If you'd like to complete the Week One activities at home, you will need: 
  • For the Worm Habitat: a jar, soil, sand (optional), dried leaves or mulch, a stocking and rubber band or lid with holes.
  • For Worm Art: paint, cooked spaghetti, paper
  • For Dancing Worms: pipe cleaner, plastic jar or glass, magnet, and popsicle stick (optional). 
Week Two:  Pigs in Mud

Join Ms. Sarah and Ms. Martina as they explore how and why pigs play in the mud! They will read a few stories about pigs in the mud, create their own stone pigs, and take them out to find a good mud puddle!


​Click here to view this week's "Pigs in the Mud" video. 

The videos are educational and fun just to watch! If you'd like to complete the Week Two activities at home, you will need:
  • For the Stone Pigs: Rocks or stones, soap and water, acrylic paint, a sharpie or other dark marker
  • For Mud Play: A bucket, some water, a good dirt pile to make mud, your stone pig, some clothing that can get dirty, and your imagination! After the pigs play in the mud, you can also have some soapy water and a clean towel to give them a bath!
Week Three:  Hanging Out with Hermit Crabs

Join Ms. Emily as she explores the world of hermit crabs! She'll introduce you to a real hermit crab named Juliette, read "A House for Hermit Crab" by Eric Carle, teach you all about Juliette's habitat, and make a hermit crab art project.

Click here to view this week's "Hermit Crabs" video

The videos are educational and fun just to watch! If you'd like to complete the activities at home, you will need:
  • For the Hermit Crab Habitat: a large glass house, colored sand, sponges for drinking, a dish for the sponges, a climbing stick, hermit crab food, a dish for the food, additional shells that are larger than the current hermit crab shell , a cave or something where the hermit crab can hide.  
  • For Hermit Crab Art: paint, shells, any type of decorations you would like to put onto your shell, and glue. If you don't have any shells, you can draw a shell on a paper plate or on a piece of paper and decorate it.
Week Four:  Albie's Big Feelings

This week's video is all about helping our friends and ourselves navigate big feelings.  Join Ms. Laura, Ms. Jenn and some amazing Garrett Park friends as they help their new friend, Albie the hedgehog, with his big feelings! They will read "Jabari Jumps" and "The Way I Feel" and show you how to make a sensory/calming bottle at home. For additional resources, they have linked some of their favorite activities for helping to find calm below the video in Youtube.
 
Click here to watch "Albie's Big Feelings"

The videos are educational and fun just to watch! But if you'd like to make the Sensory/Calming Bottle shown in the video, you will need: an empty plastic bottle, water, glitter, clear glue or baby oil, food coloring, hand soap, beads, legos, or other fun objects to float in the bottle, and duct tape or a hot glue gun.
Week Five:  River Fun

This week's video is available now, and it's all about rivers!  Join Ms. Sarah and Ms. Martina as they explore rivers, some real and some created in Ms. Sarah's own backyard! They will read a few stories about rivers and try to make some paper boats for river floating experiments. They even get surprise visit from their old friend, Tess the Turtle!

Click here to view this week's "River Fun" video. 

The videos are educational and fun just to watch! If you'd like to complete the activities at home, you will need:
  • For the Backyard River: Aluminum foil, rocks or stones, water (in buckets or from a hose), any fun plastic animals or toys (bath toys are great!) to float down your man-made river
  • For Paper Boats: Sturdy paper (paper grocery bags work the best), a hole puncher, a long string or piece of yarn, any art materials you might want to decorate your boat. ​
Week Six:  Let's Play Pretend - Pirates

This week's video is all about pretending to be a pirate.  Join Ms. Meadow and learn how to dress like a pirate, make a treasure map and experiment with making some homemade boats. 
 
Click here to watch "Let’s Play Pretend: Pirates"


To make the pirate booty shown in the video, you will need: Paper, string, some plastic or paper cups, toilet paper or paper towel roll, paint or markers.

We hope you

have enjoyed this free

Online Enrichment

Program from our

​wonderful teachers!