Register for TREP$ TREP$, short for enTREPreneur$, is a project-based learning program that teaches kids in grades 4-8 how to start their own businesses. They learn the lessons afterschool, over the summer, or remote workshops, and apply them at home as they build their businesses with the support of their families. The whole community comes…
Summer Newsletter! The 2021 Summer Newsletter is out! Once again Kaleidoscope Enrichment is here with details about classes we’re offering, upcoming events, fun projects, interesting news, and other information to guide your family’s science, technology, engineering, math, and maker explorations. We hope you’ll share with all your friends. It’s officially time for our Summer of Science 2021! We’ll be offering free STEM…
For ten summers, Kaleidoscope Enrichment has provided free and low-cost science, technology, engineering, craft, and maker programs for kids throughout Warren County NJ. At Farmers Markets, the community pool, local events, community centers, and libraries, we’ve brought hands-on activities that encourage children to invent and create. This year, we need that connection more than ever.…
Winter Blairstown Recreation Programs We’re excited to announce that our Winter programs with the Blairstown Recreation Department are moving online. After successfully moving to virtual programming this Fall in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are now able to offer our Winter programs through Zoom for 2020 and 2021. Upcoming programs include the following. Winter…
Victorians loved their brand-new, state-of-art photographs, that brought the whole orchestra home for a show. Learn the history of these fantastic devices. Discover how sound works. Then explore the ways you can amplify music using nothing more than paper. Materials: A sewing needles, a piece of paper, masking tape, an old record. This program is…
This project was originally shared on Make: Projects. Fold a simple butterfly using origami and then add LEDs to create light-up antenna. This is a fun way to learn about and build circuits while also practicing the precision of origami and being creative. This project is based on the Luna Moth from The Big Book…
These simple upcycled water bottle submarines are a great way to explore buoyancy, air pressure, and density. When placed in water, the bottle fills with water, pulling it down below the surface, then, by blowing air through an attached straw, the water is forced out and the submarine rises again. Not only is this a…
Hi all! With schools and libraries closed here in NJ, I’ve been live streaming lots of maker and STEM content. It’s been so exciting learning the ins and outs of the technology. I’ve created projects for Kaleidoscope Enrichment, LLC, Warren County Library System, and Make: as part of Family Maker Camp. I’ve put all of…
Simple and fun luminaries to light up the night and share a little love with your neighbors. Either print your own template or use a digital cutter to make them.
I can admit it. I have a mild obsession with paper snowflakes. I always have. As a kid, I would spend a lot of time and a lot of paper carefully cutting them out each winter. To be honest, was always disappointed with the results.
