The Program

To fulfill the Meeting House mission, we will provide the highest quality recreational programs to children in a reliable, exciting and integrated way. We offer a series of innovative studio sessions in an interesting range of areas that children can’t find elsewhere. Group studio programs will be include up to twelve children.
Kids can spend the afternoon moving in an easy, fluid fashion from one activity to another. Our services are child-centered and coordinated between staff. Therapists and teachers have the ability to share pertinent information to support each child reaching their potential in a particular area.

Art Market Club (Tuesdays)

At these sessions students explore various different mediums around art making including painting, collage, 2D and 3D projects as well as crafts.

• Painting with unusual materials (sand, oils, finger paints)
• Creating 3D objects (puppets, clay, buildings)
• Crafts
• Graffiti, Cartooning and Bookmaking

Rhythm & Drumming Club (Wednesdays)

Sessions will integrate rhythm and drumming into social activities using relevant pop-culture references.

• Rhythmic Games
• Exploring Percussion
• Responsive Listening as a Group

Movement & Drama Club (Thursdays)

Sessions where kids learn about drama and improvisation, as well as how to move their bodies in new and imaginative ways.

• Creative Movement
• Creating and Performing Plays
• Improvisational Movement
• Top 100 Music Hits and Dancing

Fitness & Sports Club (Everyday)

Sessions where kids play sports in an informal and non-competitive atmosphere. Very active and recreational.

• Strength and Flexibility
• Team and Playground Sports
• Motor Planning ans Skill Development

The Kite Club

Each day when the children come to The Meeting House Afterschool they begin their day with our signature program called Kite Club. During this time, we inspire them in ways that promote the development of their social selves and social thinking skills. Kite Club is run by the speech therapist along with the help of others on the professional team. We use creative and innovative ways to teach the children critical skills and encourage them to generalize these skills during their weekly visits at TMH. During Kite Club we have fun and talk a lot about friendship and community. We focus on being good friends and good community members at The Meeting House. Kite Club is designed to help our unique population of kids learn to fly as friends and as a part of their larger community. It is the strongest instructional part of our recreational afternoon and the focus is on the development and practice of socialization skills. As time goes on, we will move in to areas of community building, community service and social responsibility. Kite Club subjects that are explored in our curriculum include but are not limited to the following:

• Being a Good Friend
• Awareness of Expected and Unexpected behavior
• Being Part of a Group – joining and participating
• Game Playing Skills – winning and losing, turn-taking
• Perspective taking and constructive feedback
• Conversational Skills – being an active listener, asking questions, not interrupting, staying on topic
• Using an appropriate tone of voice, good eye contact and appropriate facial expression
• Reading and sending signals
• Conflict resolution

Sample Schedule