{"id":11128,"date":"2026-07-31T05:41:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T05:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chromaela.com\/the-year-at-chroma\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T06:14:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T06:14:56","slug":"the-year-at-chroma","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chromaela.com\/es\/the-year-at-chroma\/","title":{"rendered":"The Year at Chroma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- HERO --><\/p>\n<section class=\"hero\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"heroGrid\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"pill\"><span class=\"dot\"><\/span>Fifty-two weeks. One at a time.<\/div>\n<h1 class=\"hTitle serif\">The year at Chroma, <span class=\"shimmer\">week by week.<\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=\"hLead\">All fifty-two weeks of the year have a theme, and every room explores it at their own level \u2014 infants through school-age, all on the same idea in the same week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"hSub\">Which means there is no wrong week to arrive \u2014 not one, in the whole year. Whenever your child starts, they walk into a week that was planned long before they got here.<\/p>\n<div class=\"actions\">\n          <a class=\"btn primary\" href=\"#weeks\">Explore the Year<\/a><br \/>\n          <a class=\"btn ghost\" href=\"\/schedule-a-tour\/\">Schedule a Tour<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"nowCard reveal\" id=\"nowCard\">\n<div class=\"nowTag\"><span class=\"dot\"><\/span><span id=\"nowLabel\">This week at Chroma<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"nowWeek\" id=\"nowWeek\">Week 1 \u00b7 August<\/div>\n<div class=\"nowTheme serif\" id=\"nowTheme\">All About Me<\/div>\n<p class=\"nowLine\" id=\"nowLine\">Names, faces, mirrors, and the question every child is quietly working on: who am I?<\/p>\n<div class=\"nowHome\"><b>Try it at home<\/b><span id=\"nowHome\">Let them name everyone in a family photo.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!-- THE SCRUBBER --><\/p>\n<section class=\"white borderY\" id=\"weeks\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"head reveal\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">The whole year<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"serif\">Drag through the year. <em>All fifty-two of them.<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>Fifty-two themes \u2014 one for every single week of the calendar year. There is no month without a plan, and no gap to cover.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"scrubCard reveal\">\n<div class=\"scrubTop\">\n<div>\n          <span class=\"swTag\" id=\"swTag\">Week 1<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"swMeta\" id=\"swMeta\">Week of August 3<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"swTheme serif\" id=\"swTheme\">All About Me<\/h3>\n<p class=\"swLine\" id=\"swLine\">Names, faces, mirrors, and the question every child is quietly working on: who am I?<\/p>\n<p>          <a class=\"swRoomsLink\" href=\"#rooms\" id=\"swRoomsLink\">See this week in every room \u2192<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<div class=\"swSide\">\n<h4>Try it at home<\/h4>\n<p id=\"swHome\">Let them name everyone in a family photo.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"scrubZone\">\n<div class=\"scrubHint\" id=\"scrubHint\">\u2190 drag through the year \u2192<\/div>\n<p>        <input type=\"range\" class=\"weekSlider\" id=\"weekSlider\" min=\"1\" max=\"52\" step=\"1\" value=\"1\" aria-label=\"Week of the school year\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"monthRow\" id=\"monthRow\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"anyWeek\">Starting in October? Your child walks into <b>Week 10<\/b>, and Week 10 was planned long ago. Same for the other fifty-one.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!-- ONE THEME, EVERY ROOM --><\/p>\n<section class=\"cream\" id=\"rooms\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"head reveal\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">One theme, every room<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"serif\">The same week, <em>refracted by age.<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>Every room runs the same theme \u2014 which means a six-month-old and a five-year-old are exploring the same idea in completely different ways. Pick a week and see it happen.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"roomPicker\" id=\"roomPicker\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"rooms\" id=\"roomsGrid\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"roomsNote reveal\">Which is also why siblings in different rooms come home talking about the same thing \u2014 at very different depths, but one dinner-table conversation instead of two.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!-- A YEAR OF GROWTH --><\/p>\n<section class=\"white borderY\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"head reveal\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">A year of growth<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"serif\">What one year <em>actually changes.<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>Not milestones on a chart \u2014 the things you notice at pickup. Whenever your child&#8217;s first year with us begins, this is roughly the distance they travel.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"growth\">\n<div class=\"gCard reveal\" style=\"--gc:#7D5BA6\">\n<div class=\"gAge\">Infants \u00b7 6 weeks \u2013 15 months<\/div>\n<div class=\"gRow\"><span class=\"gWhen\">first<\/span><span class=\"gWhat\">Lifting their head during tummy time. Settled by a familiar voice.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gArrow\">\u2193<\/div>\n<div class=\"gRow\"><span class=\"gWhen\">later<\/span><span class=\"gWhat\">Pulling to stand, waving goodbye, feeding themselves \u2014 and reaching for a specific teacher by name.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"gCard reveal d1\" style=\"--gc:#4A6C7C\">\n<div class=\"gAge\">Toddlers \u00b7 12 \u2013 24 months<\/div>\n<div class=\"gRow\"><span class=\"gWhen\">first<\/span><span class=\"gWhat\">Pointing at what they want and hoping you guess right.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gArrow\">\u2193<\/div>\n<div class=\"gRow\"><span class=\"gWhen\">later<\/span><span class=\"gWhat\">Asking for it in three or four words, putting on their own shoes, and telling you about their day.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"gCard reveal\" style=\"--gc:#4A7C59\">\n<div class=\"gAge\">Preschool \u00b7 2 \u2013 3 years<\/div>\n<div class=\"gRow\"><span class=\"gWhen\">first<\/span><span class=\"gWhat\">Playing happily alongside other children, mostly in parallel.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gArrow\">\u2193<\/div>\n<div class=\"gRow\"><span class=\"gWhen\">later<\/span><span class=\"gWhat\">Playing <em>with<\/em> them \u2014 inventing the rules together and negotiating when someone breaks them.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"gCard reveal d1\" style=\"--gc:#C26524\">\n<div class=\"gAge\">Pre-K Prep \u00b7 3 \u2013 4 years<\/div>\n<div class=\"gRow\"><span class=\"gWhen\">first<\/span><span class=\"gWhat\">Scribbling with a fist grip, moving to the next thing after ninety seconds.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gArrow\">\u2193<\/div>\n<div class=\"gRow\"><span class=\"gWhen\">later<\/span><span class=\"gWhat\">Writing their own name, holding a pencil properly, and finishing a three-step project they started yesterday.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"gCard reveal\" style=\"--gc:#C2A024\">\n<div class=\"gAge\">Pre-K \/ GA Pre-K \u00b7 4 \u2013 5 years<\/div>\n<div class=\"gRow\"><span class=\"gWhen\">first<\/span><span class=\"gWhat\">Recognizing some letters and counting past ten on a good day.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gArrow\">\u2193<\/div>\n<div class=\"gRow\"><span class=\"gWhen\">later<\/span><span class=\"gWhat\">Sounding out short words, counting well past twenty, and walking into <a href=\"https:\/\/chromaela.com\/es\/programs\/kindergarten\/\" class=\"chroma-auto-link\">kindergarten<\/a> already knowing how a classroom works.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"gCard reveal d1\" style=\"--gc:#A84B38\">\n<div class=\"gAge\">Schoolagers \u00b7 5 \u2013 12 years<\/div>\n<div class=\"gRow\"><span class=\"gWhen\">first<\/span><span class=\"gWhat\">Homework as a negotiation that eats the whole evening.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gArrow\">\u2193<\/div>\n<div class=\"gRow\"><span class=\"gWhen\">later<\/span><span class=\"gWhat\">Homework finished before pickup \u2014 and leading an activity for the younger kids because they asked to.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!-- TRADITIONS --><\/p>\n<section class=\"cream\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"head reveal\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">Traditions<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"serif\">The days families <em>still talk about.<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>Four seasonal gatherings, one graduation, and a summer that starts the week after school ends.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"trad\">\n<div class=\"tCard reveal\" style=\"--tc:#FEF0E6\">\n<div class=\"ic\">\ud83c\udf42<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"serif\">Fall Festival<\/h3>\n<p>Games, costumes, and the whole campus outside on a Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"tWhen\">October<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tCard reveal d1\" style=\"--tc:#F4E5E2\">\n<div class=\"ic\">\u2615<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"serif\">Cookies &amp; Cocoa<\/h3>\n<p>An evening where families come in, stay warm, and decorate more than they eat.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"tWhen\">December<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tCard reveal d2\" style=\"--tc:#F3EBF9\">\n<div class=\"ic\">\ud83c\udfa8<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"serif\">Spring Art Show<\/h3>\n<p>Every child&#8217;s work framed and hung. Parents take more photos than at graduation.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"tWhen\">March<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tCard reveal\" style=\"--tc:#FEF8E6\">\n<div class=\"ic\">\ud83c\udf93<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"serif\">Pre-K Graduation<\/h3>\n<p>Cap, gown, and a walk across a stage that is much bigger than they are.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"tWhen\">May<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tCard reveal d1\" style=\"--tc:#E3E9EC\">\n<div class=\"ic\">\ud83d\udca6<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"serif\">Splash Days<\/h3>\n<p>Sprinklers, swimsuits, and a change of clothes you will definitely need.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"tWhen\">June \u2013 July<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tCard reveal d2\" style=\"--tc:#E3ECE6\">\n<div class=\"ic\">\ud83d\udc68\u200d\ud83d\udc69\u200d\ud83d\udc67<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"serif\">Family Conferences<\/h3>\n<p>Twice a year, sitting down together over your child&#8217;s actual portfolio.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"tWhen\">Fall &amp; Spring<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!-- FULL YEAR LIST (crawlable) --><\/p>\n<section class=\"white borderY\" id=\"fullyear\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"head reveal\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">Every week of the year<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"serif\">All fifty-two themes.<\/h2>\n<p>The full list, in order, from the first week of August round to the last week of July. Weeks marked <span class=\"wkStar\">\u2605<\/span> are shown room by room above.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<ol class=\"yearList\" id=\"yearList\">\n<li class=\"wk\" data-w=\"1\" data-m=\"August\" data-theme=\"All About Me\"><span class=\"wkNo\">Week 1 \u00b7 August<\/span><b class=\"wkName serif\">All About Me<span class=\"wkStar\">\u2605<\/span><\/b><span class=\"wkLine\">Names, faces, mirrors, and the question every child is quietly working on: who am I?<\/span><span class=\"wkHome\"><b>Try it at home<\/b>Let them name everyone in a family photo.<\/span><span class=\"wkRooms\"><i data-room=\"Infants\">Mirrors at floor level, and a teacher naming their face back to them \u2014 &#8220;those are your eyes.&#8221;<\/i><i data-room=\"Toddlers\">Photo cards of every child in the room, matched to the real face across the table.<\/i><i data-room=\"Preschool\">Tracing each other&#8217;s bodies on butcher paper and arguing about who is taller.<\/i><i data-room=\"Pre-K Prep\">Self-portraits with real mirrors, and a first serious attempt at writing their own name.<\/i><i data-room=\"Pre-K\">Measuring height, charting eye colour, and graphing favourites across the whole class.<\/i><i data-room=\"Schoolagers\">Designing a personal flag \u2014 choosing symbols for what actually matters to them.<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"wk\" data-w=\"2\" data-m=\"August\" data-theme=\"My Family\"><span class=\"wkNo\">Week 2 \u00b7 August<\/span><b class=\"wkName serif\">My Family<\/b><span class=\"wkLine\">Who lives in my house, who picks me up, and who belongs to me.<\/span><span class=\"wkHome\"><b>Try it at home<\/b>Send a family photo in for the classroom wall.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"wk\" data-w=\"3\" data-m=\"August\" data-theme=\"Friends &amp; Feelings\"><span class=\"wkNo\">Week 3 \u00b7 August<\/span><b class=\"wkName serif\">Friends &amp; Feelings<\/b><span class=\"wkLine\">Naming big feelings, and discovering that friends have them too.<\/span><span class=\"wkHome\"><b>Try it at home<\/b>Name your own feeling out loud at dinner.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"wk\" data-w=\"4\" data-m=\"August\" data-theme=\"Colors All Around\"><span class=\"wkNo\">Week 4 \u00b7 August<\/span><b class=\"wkName serif\">Colors All Around<\/b><span class=\"wkLine\">The whole spectrum, hunted down in ordinary objects.<\/span><span class=\"wkHome\"><b>Try it at home<\/b>Pick a colour and spot it the whole drive home.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"wk\" data-w=\"5\" data-m=\"September\" data-theme=\"Shapes Everywhere\"><span class=\"wkNo\">Week 5 \u00b7 September<\/span><b class=\"wkName serif\">Shapes Everywhere<\/b><span class=\"wkLine\">Circles, squares, triangles, and the shapes hiding in buildings and breakfast.<\/span><span class=\"wkHome\"><b>Try it at home<\/b>Find three circles in your kitchen.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"wk\" data-w=\"6\" data-m=\"September\" data-theme=\"Community Helpers\"><span class=\"wkNo\">Week 6 \u00b7 September<\/span><b class=\"wkName serif\">Community Helpers<\/b><span class=\"wkLine\">Firefighters, nurses, mail carriers, and everyone who keeps a town running.<\/span><span class=\"wkHome\"><b>Try it at home<\/b>Wave at a helper you pass this week.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"wk\" data-w=\"7\" data-m=\"September\" data-theme=\"On the Farm\"><span class=\"wkNo\">Week 7 \u00b7 September<\/span><b class=\"wkName serif\">On the Farm<\/b><span class=\"wkLine\">Animals, sounds, and where breakfast actually comes from.<\/span><span class=\"wkHome\"><b>Try it at home<\/b>Ask which farm animal they would want to be.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"wk\" data-w=\"8\" data-m=\"September\" data-theme=\"Apples &amp; Orchards\"><span class=\"wkNo\">Week 8 \u00b7 September<\/span><b class=\"wkName serif\">Apples &amp; Orchards<\/b><span class=\"wkLine\">Counting, slicing, tasting, and printing with apple halves.<\/span><span class=\"wkHome\"><b>Try it at home<\/b>Compare a red apple and a green one.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"wk\" data-w=\"9\" data-m=\"September\" data-theme=\"Falling Leaves\"><span class=\"wkNo\">Week 9 \u00b7 September<\/span><b class=\"wkName serif\">Falling Leaves<\/b><span class=\"wkLine\">Why leaves change colour, and what a pile of them feels like.<\/span><span class=\"wkHome\"><b>Try it at home<\/b>Collect one leaf on a walk.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"wk\" data-w=\"10\" data-m=\"October\" data-theme=\"Pumpkin Patch\"><span class=\"wkNo\">Week 10 \u00b7 October<\/span><b class=\"wkName serif\">Pumpkin Patch<span class=\"wkStar\">\u2605<\/span><\/b><span class=\"wkLine\">Inside, outside, seeds, weight, and a great deal of orange.<\/span><span class=\"wkHome\"><b>Try it at home<\/b>Guess how many seeds before you scoop.<\/span><span class=\"wkRooms\"><i data-room=\"Infants\">Pumpkin flesh in a sensory tray, and the smell of it left on their hands.<\/i><i data-room=\"Toddlers\">Scooping seeds with both fists, learning &#8220;wet,&#8221; &#8220;slimy,&#8221; and &#8220;cold.&#8221;<\/i><i data-room=\"Preschool\">Sorting seeds into piles of ten, then dumping them out and doing it again.<\/i><i data-room=\"Pre-K Prep\">Guessing whether a pumpkin sinks, then testing it in the water table.<\/i><i data-room=\"Pre-K\">Weighing three pumpkins, ordering them heaviest to lightest, graphing the result.<\/i><i data-room=\"Schoolagers\">Carving as geometry \u2014 planning the design on paper before it touches the pumpkin.<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"wk\" data-w=\"11\" data-m=\"October\" data-theme=\"Nocturnal Animals\"><span class=\"wkNo\">Week 11 \u00b7 October<\/span><b class=\"wkName serif\">Nocturnal Animals<\/b><span class=\"wkLine\">Owls, bats, and everything awake while we are asleep.<\/span><span class=\"wkHome\"><b>Try it at home<\/b>Look for the moon before bed.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"wk\" data-w=\"12\" data-m=\"October\" data-theme=\"Costumes &amp; Pretend\"><span class=\"wkNo\">Week 12 \u00b7 October<\/span><b class=\"wkName serif\">Costumes &amp; Pretend<\/b><span class=\"wkLine\">Dressing up, acting out, and being someone else for an afternoon.<\/span><span class=\"wkHome\"><b>Try it at home<\/b>Let them stay in character through dinner.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"wk\" data-w=\"13\" data-m=\"October\" data-theme=\"Bones &amp; Bodies\"><span class=\"wkNo\">Week 13 \u00b7 October<\/span><b class=\"wkName serif\">Bones &amp; Bodies<\/b><span class=\"wkLine\">Skeletons, heartbeats, and what is going on under our skin.<\/span><span class=\"wkHome\"><b>Try it at home<\/b>Find your own heartbeat together.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"wk\" data-w=\"14\" data-m=\"November\" data-theme=\"Weather Watchers\"><span class=\"wkNo\">Week 14 \u00b7 November<\/span><b class=\"wkName serif\">Weather Watchers<\/b><span class=\"wkLine\">Clouds, rain, wind, and the daring business of predicting tomorrow.<\/span><span class=\"wkHome\"><b>Try it at home<\/b>Look up and describe the sky together.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"wk\" data-w=\"15\" data-m=\"November\" data-theme=\"Thankful Hearts\"><span class=\"wkNo\">Week 15 \u00b7 November<\/span><b class=\"wkName serif\">Thankful Hearts<\/b><span class=\"wkLine\">Noticing what we are glad for, and saying it out loud.<\/span><span class=\"wkHome\"><b>Try it at home<\/b>One thing each at dinner.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"wk\" data-w=\"16\" data-m=\"November\" data-theme=\"Gathering &amp; Sharing\"><span class=\"wkNo\">Week 16 \u00b7 November<\/span><b class=\"wkName serif\">Gathering &amp; Sharing<\/b><span class=\"wkLine\">Setting a table, passing a dish, and making room for one more.<\/span><span class=\"wkHome\"><b>Try it at home<\/b>Let them set the table, badly.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"wk\" data-w=\"17\" data-m=\"November\" data-theme=\"Family Traditions\"><span class=\"wkNo\">Week 17 \u00b7 November<\/span><b class=\"wkName serif\">Family Traditions<\/b><span class=\"wkLine\">The things your family does that nobody else does in quite the same way.<\/span><span class=\"wkHome\"><b>Try it at home<\/b>Tell them a tradition from your own childhood.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"wk\" data-w=\"18\" data-m=\"December\" data-theme=\"Winter Wonders\"><span class=\"wkNo\">Week 18 \u00b7 December<\/span><b class=\"wkName serif\">Winter Wonders<\/b><span class=\"wkLine\">Cold mornings, mittens, and what happens to the world in December.<\/span><span class=\"wkHome\"><b>Try it at home<\/b>Talk about what changed outside.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"wk\" data-w=\"19\" data-m=\"December\" data-theme=\"Lights &amp; Celebrations\"><span class=\"wkNo\">Week 19 \u00b7 December<\/span><b class=\"wkName serif\">Lights &amp; Celebrations<span class=\"wkStar\">\u2605<\/span><\/b><span class=\"wkLine\">How families around the world light up the darkest month of the year.<\/span><span class=\"wkHome\"><b>Try it at home<\/b>Point out the lights on the drive home.<\/span><span class=\"wkRooms\"><i data-room=\"Infants\">Soft light projections moving across the ceiling during floor time.<\/i><i data-room=\"Toddlers\">Battery candles to carry, switch on, switch off, and switch on again.<\/i><i data-room=\"Preschool\">Making lanterns and hanging them where they catch the window light.<\/i><i data-room=\"Pre-K Prep\">Hearing how four different families light up December, then drawing their own.<\/i><i data-room=\"Pre-K\">Mapping which celebration happens where, and finding it on a globe.<\/i><i data-room=\"Schoolagers\">Interviewing a family member about a tradition and reporting back to the room.<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"wk\" data-w=\"20\" data-m=\"December\" data-theme=\"Cozy &amp; Kind\"><span class=\"wkNo\">Week 20 \u00b7 December<\/span><b class=\"wkName serif\">Cozy &amp; Kind<\/b><span class=\"wkLine\">Blankets, quiet corners, warm drinks, and doing one kind thing.<\/span><span class=\"wkHome\"><b>Try it at home<\/b>Read one extra book under a blanket.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"wk\" data-w=\"21\" data-m=\"January\" data-theme=\"Snow &amp; Ice\"><span class=\"wkNo\">Week 21 \u00b7 January<\/span><b class=\"wkName serif\">Snow &amp; Ice<\/b><span class=\"wkLine\">Melting, freezing, and what water does when it gets cold enough.<\/span><span class=\"wkHome\"><b>Try it at home<\/b>Freeze something and check on it together.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"wk\" data-w=\"22\" data-m=\"January\" data-theme=\"Arctic Animals\"><span class=\"wkNo\">Week 22 \u00b7 January<\/span><b class=\"wkName serif\">Arctic Animals<\/b><span class=\"wkLine\">Polar bears, penguins, blubber, and the science of staying warm.<\/span><span class=\"wkHome\"><b>Try it at home<\/b>Ask how a penguin keeps warm.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"wk\" data-w=\"23\" data-m=\"January\" data-theme=\"Bears &amp; Hibernation\"><span class=\"wkNo\">Week 23 \u00b7 January<\/span><b class=\"wkName serif\">Bears &amp; Hibernation<\/b><span class=\"wkLine\">Sleeping through the whole winter and waking up extremely hungry.<\/span><span class=\"wkHome\"><b>Try it at home<\/b>Build a bear cave out of cushions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"wk\" data-w=\"24\" data-m=\"January\" data-theme=\"Nursery Rhymes\"><span class=\"wkNo\">Week 24 \u00b7 January<\/span><b class=\"wkName serif\">Nursery Rhymes<\/b><span class=\"wkLine\">Rhythm, rhyme, and the very first patterns of reading.<\/span><span class=\"wkHome\"><b>Try it at home<\/b>Sing one on the drive.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"wk\" data-w=\"25\" data-m=\"February\" data-theme=\"Kindness &amp; Hearts\"><span class=\"wkNo\">Week 25 \u00b7 February<\/span><b class=\"wkName serif\">Kindness &amp; Hearts<span class=\"wkStar\">\u2605<\/span><\/b><span class=\"wkLine\">What kindness looks like when it is a choice rather than a rule.<\/span><span class=\"wkHome\"><b>Try it at home<\/b>Notice one kind thing they did, out loud.<\/span><span class=\"wkRooms\"><i data-room=\"Infants\">Gentle hands practised on soft dolls, narrated by a teacher every time.<\/i><i data-room=\"Toddlers\">&#8220;Can I have a turn?&#8221; rehearsed until it becomes automatic.<\/i><i data-room=\"Preschool\">A kindness jar \u2014 one bead for every kind act anyone in the room notices.<\/i><i data-room=\"Pre-K Prep\">Drawing what a friend&#8217;s face looks like happy, sad, and left out.<\/i><i data-room=\"Pre-K\">Writing a card for someone in the building who is not a classmate.<\/i><i data-room=\"Schoolagers\">Planning and running a small service project for one of the younger rooms.<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"wk\" data-w=\"26\" data-m=\"February\" data-theme=\"Healthy Bodies\"><span class=\"wkNo\">Week 26 \u00b7 February<\/span><b class=\"wkName serif\">Healthy Bodies<\/b><span class=\"wkLine\">Teeth, hands, sleep, and the food that fuels all of it.<\/span><span class=\"wkHome\"><b>Try it at home<\/b>Brush teeth together and count to twenty.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"wk\" data-w=\"27\" data-m=\"February\" data-theme=\"Things That Go\"><span class=\"wkNo\">Week 27 \u00b7 February<\/span><b class=\"wkName serif\">Things That Go<\/b><span class=\"wkLine\">Wheels, wings, tracks, and every way people get places.<\/span><span class=\"wkHome\"><b>Try it at home<\/b>Count red cars on the way home.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"wk\" data-w=\"28\" data-m=\"February\" data-theme=\"Space &amp; Stars\"><span class=\"wkNo\">Week 28 \u00b7 February<\/span><b class=\"wkName serif\">Space &amp; Stars<\/b><span class=\"wkLine\">Planets, rockets, and just how far up actually goes.<\/span><span class=\"wkHome\"><b>Try it at home<\/b>Find one star and name it together.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"wk\" data-w=\"29\" data-m=\"March\" data-theme=\"Wind &amp; Kites\"><span class=\"wkNo\">Week 29 \u00b7 March<\/span><b class=\"wkName serif\">Wind &amp; Kites<\/b><span class=\"wkLine\">An invisible force with extremely visible effects.<\/span><span class=\"wkHome\"><b>Try it at home<\/b>Hold a ribbon out the car window.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"wk\" data-w=\"30\" data-m=\"March\" data-theme=\"Rainbows &amp; Rain\"><span class=\"wkNo\">Week 30 \u00b7 March<\/span><b class=\"wkName serif\">Rainbows &amp; Rain<\/b><span class=\"wkLine\">Light, water, and where all the colours come from.<\/span><span class=\"wkHome\"><b>Try it at home<\/b>Make a rainbow with a glass of water.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"wk\" data-w=\"31\" data-m=\"March\" data-theme=\"Seeds &amp; Sprouts\"><span class=\"wkNo\">Week 31 \u00b7 March<\/span><b class=\"wkName serif\">Seeds &amp; Sprouts<span class=\"wkStar\">\u2605<\/span><\/b><span class=\"wkLine\">Planting something and then waiting, which is by far the hardest part.<\/span><span class=\"wkHome\"><b>Try it at home<\/b>Check the sprout together each morning.<\/span><span class=\"wkRooms\"><i data-room=\"Infants\">Soil and smooth dried beans in a closely supervised sensory bin.<\/i><i data-room=\"Toddlers\">Pressing seeds into dirt with one finger and patting it flat.<\/i><i data-room=\"Preschool\">Cups on the windowsill, checked every morning and watered far too much.<\/i><i data-room=\"Pre-K Prep\">Drawing the same sprout each day, then stacking the pages into a flipbook.<\/i><i data-room=\"Pre-K\">Measuring growth in cubes, recording the number, comparing it to last week.<\/i><i data-room=\"Schoolagers\">Running a real variable \u2014 light versus dark \u2014 and defending the result.<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"wk\" data-w=\"32\" data-m=\"March\" data-theme=\"Bugs &amp; Butterflies\"><span class=\"wkNo\">Week 32 \u00b7 March<\/span><b class=\"wkName serif\">Bugs &amp; Butterflies<\/b><span class=\"wkLine\">Legs, wings, and the strangest transformation in all of nature.<\/span><span class=\"wkHome\"><b>Try it at home<\/b>Look under a rock together.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"wk\" data-w=\"33\" data-m=\"April\" data-theme=\"Puddles &amp; Mud\"><span class=\"wkNo\">Week 33 \u00b7 April<\/span><b class=\"wkName serif\">Puddles &amp; Mud<\/b><span class=\"wkLine\">Getting gloriously filthy in the name of science.<\/span><span class=\"wkHome\"><b>Try it at home<\/b>Let them jump in exactly one.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"wk\" data-w=\"34\" data-m=\"April\" data-theme=\"Baby Animals\"><span class=\"wkNo\">Week 34 \u00b7 April<\/span><b class=\"wkName serif\">Baby Animals<\/b><span class=\"wkLine\">Who has babies, what they are called, and how they are looked after.<\/span><span class=\"wkHome\"><b>Try it at home<\/b>Match a baby animal to its parent.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"wk\" data-w=\"35\" data-m=\"April\" data-theme=\"Our Earth\"><span class=\"wkNo\">Week 35 \u00b7 April<\/span><b class=\"wkName serif\">Our Earth<\/b><span class=\"wkLine\">Recycling, litter, and taking care of a place we all share.<\/span><span class=\"wkHome\"><b>Try it at home<\/b>Sort the recycling together.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"wk\" data-w=\"36\" data-m=\"April\" data-theme=\"Gardens Growing\"><span class=\"wkNo\">Week 36 \u00b7 April<\/span><b class=\"wkName serif\">Gardens Growing<\/b><span class=\"wkLine\">Roots, stems, and dirt permanently under fingernails.<\/span><span class=\"wkHome\"><b>Try it at home<\/b>Water something and let them do it.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"wk\" data-w=\"37\" data-m=\"May\" data-theme=\"Ocean &amp; Tide Pools\"><span class=\"wkNo\">Week 37 \u00b7 May<\/span><b class=\"wkName serif\">Ocean &amp; Tide Pools<span class=\"wkStar\">\u2605<\/span><\/b><span class=\"wkLine\">Waves, shells, and everything living where the water meets the land.<\/span><span class=\"wkHome\"><b>Try it at home<\/b>Hold a shell to their ear.<\/span><span class=\"wkRooms\"><i data-room=\"Infants\">A shallow water table with floating shells and a great deal of splashing.<\/i><i data-room=\"Toddlers\">Naming the animals and making their sounds \u2014 badly, and joyfully.<\/i><i data-room=\"Preschool\">Sorting sea creatures by size, then by whether or not they have fins.<\/i><i data-room=\"Pre-K Prep\">Counting the legs on an octopus and discovering that eight is quite a lot.<\/i><i data-room=\"Pre-K\">Building a tide pool diorama and labelling what lives at each depth.<\/i><i data-room=\"Schoolagers\">Researching one species properly, then teaching it to the Pre-K room.<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"wk\" data-w=\"38\" data-m=\"May\" data-theme=\"Sand &amp; Shore\"><span class=\"wkNo\">Week 38 \u00b7 May<\/span><b class=\"wkName serif\">Sand &amp; Shore<\/b><span class=\"wkLine\">Pouring, digging, building, and knocking it all down again.<\/span><span class=\"wkHome\"><b>Try it at home<\/b>Build something and let the water take it.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"wk\" data-w=\"39\" data-m=\"May\" data-theme=\"Dinosaurs\"><span class=\"wkNo\">Week 39 \u00b7 May<\/span><b class=\"wkName serif\">Dinosaurs<\/b><span class=\"wkLine\">Enormous, extinct, and endlessly interesting.<\/span><span class=\"wkHome\"><b>Try it at home<\/b>Ask which one they would want to meet.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"wk\" data-w=\"40\" data-m=\"May\" data-theme=\"Look How I've Grown\"><span class=\"wkNo\">Week 40 \u00b7 May<\/span><b class=\"wkName serif\">Look How I&#8217;ve Grown<span class=\"wkStar\">\u2605<\/span><\/b><span class=\"wkLine\">Looking back at the August photographs and seeing the difference.<\/span><span class=\"wkHome\"><b>Try it at home<\/b>Put the two photos side by side.<\/span><span class=\"wkRooms\"><i data-room=\"Infants\">August photographs beside today&#8217;s. Parents usually need a moment.<\/i><i data-room=\"Toddlers\">Trying on the shoes they wore in August. They do not fit.<\/i><i data-room=\"Preschool\">Comparing their very first self-portrait with the one they draw today.<\/i><i data-room=\"Pre-K Prep\">Reading the name they wrote in Week 1, then writing it again underneath.<\/i><i data-room=\"Pre-K\">The portfolio goes home, and the cap and gown come out.<\/i><i data-room=\"Schoolagers\">Writing a letter to whoever sits in their chair next August.<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"wk\" data-w=\"41\" data-m=\"June\" data-theme=\"Sun &amp; Shade\"><span class=\"wkNo\">Week 41 \u00b7 June<\/span><b class=\"wkName serif\">Sun &amp; Shade<\/b><span class=\"wkLine\">Hats, sunscreen, and hunting for the coolest spot on the playground.<\/span><span class=\"wkHome\"><b>Try it at home<\/b>Find the shade together on a walk.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"wk\" data-w=\"42\" data-m=\"June\" data-theme=\"Splash &amp; Water Play\"><span class=\"wkNo\">Week 42 \u00b7 June<\/span><b class=\"wkName serif\">Splash &amp; Water Play<\/b><span class=\"wkLine\">Sprinklers, buckets, and the physics of soaking somebody.<\/span><span class=\"wkHome\"><b>Try it at home<\/b>Let them pour between two cups.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"wk\" data-w=\"43\" data-m=\"June\" data-theme=\"Frozen Treats\"><span class=\"wkNo\">Week 43 \u00b7 June<\/span><b class=\"wkName serif\">Frozen Treats<\/b><span class=\"wkLine\">Melting, freezing, and the genuine urgency of eating fast.<\/span><span class=\"wkHome\"><b>Try it at home<\/b>Freeze juice in a cup with a spoon in it.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"wk\" data-w=\"44\" data-m=\"June\" data-theme=\"Camping Out\"><span class=\"wkNo\">Week 44 \u00b7 June<\/span><b class=\"wkName serif\">Camping Out<span class=\"wkStar\">\u2605<\/span><\/b><span class=\"wkLine\">Tents, flashlights, and pretending the classroom is a forest.<\/span><span class=\"wkHome\"><b>Try it at home<\/b>Build a blanket tent and eat in it.<\/span><span class=\"wkRooms\"><i data-room=\"Infants\">A low tent of soft fabric to crawl into, and a torch making shapes on the ceiling.<\/i><i data-room=\"Toddlers\">Sleeping bags, pretend campfires, and carrying a flashlight everywhere for five days.<\/i><i data-room=\"Preschool\">Packing a bag for an imaginary trip and arguing over what is essential.<\/i><i data-room=\"Pre-K Prep\">Building a shelter that has to stay up on its own, then testing it with a fan.<\/i><i data-room=\"Pre-K\">Mapping the campsite, labelling it, and giving directions from one point to another.<\/i><i data-room=\"Schoolagers\">Knots, campfire safety, and running a night-hike scavenger hunt for the little ones.<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"wk\" data-w=\"45\" data-m=\"July\" data-theme=\"Red, White &amp; Blue\"><span class=\"wkNo\">Week 45 \u00b7 July<\/span><b class=\"wkName serif\">Red, White &amp; Blue<\/b><span class=\"wkLine\">Parades, flags, marching, and a great deal of noise.<\/span><span class=\"wkHome\"><b>Try it at home<\/b>Talk about what a parade is actually for.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"wk\" data-w=\"46\" data-m=\"July\" data-theme=\"Bubbles\"><span class=\"wkNo\">Week 46 \u00b7 July<\/span><b class=\"wkName serif\">Bubbles<\/b><span class=\"wkLine\">Round, floating, and briefly perfect.<\/span><span class=\"wkHome\"><b>Try it at home<\/b>Chase one across the yard together.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"wk\" data-w=\"47\" data-m=\"July\" data-theme=\"Sports &amp; Games\"><span class=\"wkNo\">Week 47 \u00b7 July<\/span><b class=\"wkName serif\">Sports &amp; Games<\/b><span class=\"wkLine\">Throwing, catching, taking turns, and losing without falling apart.<\/span><span class=\"wkHome\"><b>Try it at home<\/b>Play one game they might lose.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"wk\" data-w=\"48\" data-m=\"July\" data-theme=\"Under Construction\"><span class=\"wkNo\">Week 48 \u00b7 July<\/span><b class=\"wkName serif\">Under Construction<\/b><span class=\"wkLine\">Hard hats, hammers, and building something that stays standing.<\/span><span class=\"wkHome\"><b>Try it at home<\/b>Stack something as tall as it will go.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"wk\" data-w=\"49\" data-m=\"July\" data-theme=\"Music &amp; Movement\"><span class=\"wkNo\">Week 49 \u00b7 July<\/span><b class=\"wkName serif\">Music &amp; Movement<\/b><span class=\"wkLine\">Rhythm, instruments, and dancing without needing to be asked twice.<\/span><span class=\"wkHome\"><b>Try it at home<\/b>Let them pick the music in the car.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"wk\" data-w=\"50\" data-m=\"August\" data-theme=\"Around the World\"><span class=\"wkNo\">Week 50 \u00b7 August<\/span><b class=\"wkName serif\">Around the World<\/b><span class=\"wkLine\">Foods, flags, and how children somewhere else spend their day.<\/span><span class=\"wkHome\"><b>Try it at home<\/b>Try a food from somewhere new.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"wk\" data-w=\"51\" data-m=\"August\" data-theme=\"Everyday Heroes\"><span class=\"wkNo\">Week 51 \u00b7 August<\/span><b class=\"wkName serif\">Everyday Heroes<\/b><span class=\"wkLine\">The people in our own neighbourhood worth noticing.<\/span><span class=\"wkHome\"><b>Try it at home<\/b>Thank someone out loud together.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"wk\" data-w=\"52\" data-m=\"August\" data-theme=\"Ready for What\u2019s Next\"><span class=\"wkNo\">Week 52 \u00b7 August<\/span><b class=\"wkName serif\">Ready for What\u2019s Next<\/b><span class=\"wkLine\">New room, new teacher, new backpack \u2014 one week to get used to the idea.<\/span><span class=\"wkHome\"><b>Try it at home<\/b>Talk about what changes next week.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!-- SUMMER: CONTINUITY --><\/p>\n<section class=\"cream\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"newBlock reveal\" style=\"background:var(--orange)\">\n<div class=\"kicker\" style=\"color:#fff;opacity:.75\">Weeks 41 \u2013 52<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"serif\">June and July are weeks too.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"newGrid\">\n<div class=\"newItem\"><b>The themes don\u2019t stop<\/b><span>Camping Out, Bubbles, Under Construction, Around the World. Summer has twelve themes of its own, planned exactly like the other forty.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"newItem\"><b>Discover &amp; Go<\/b><span>For ages 5\u201312, those weeks come with field trips, splash days and camp programming layered on top.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"newItem\"><b>Nothing to arrange<\/b><span>No June scramble, no July gap, no six weeks of patchwork cover. The rhythm your child knows simply carries on.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top:26px;position:relative;z-index:1\"><a class=\"btn ghost\" style=\"background:#fff;color:var(--orange);border-color:#fff\" href=\"\/summer-camp-discover-go\/\">See Summer Camp<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!-- HOW WE KNOW IT'S WORKING --><\/p>\n<section class=\"white borderY\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"head reveal\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">How we know it&#8217;s working<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"serif\">Themes are the <em>what.<\/em> This is the proof.<\/h2>\n<p>Every weekly theme is planned against the five Prismpath\u2122 pillars, and progress is documented rather than assumed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"assurance\">\n<div class=\"aCard reveal\">\n<h3 class=\"serif\">Daily documentation<\/h3>\n<p>Photos, notes, and observations shared with you as the week happens \u2014 not summarised months later.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"aCard reveal d1\">\n<h3 class=\"serif\">ASQ-3 &amp; GELDS<\/h3>\n<p>Developmental screenings at 4, 8, 12, 18 and 24 months, plus a full GELDS-aligned assessment each fall and spring.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"aCard reveal d2\">\n<h3 class=\"serif\">Conferences twice a year<\/h3>\n<p>Sitting down together over your child&#8217;s real portfolio, agreeing what comes next.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:34px\"><a class=\"btn ghost\" href=\"\/curriculum\/\">Explore the Prismpath\u2122 Curriculum<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!-- WHAT'S NEW (dated block) --><\/p>\n<section class=\"cream\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"newBlock reveal\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">New for 2026\u201327<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"serif\">What&#8217;s changed this year.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"newGrid\">\n<div class=\"newItem\"><b>Curriculum Studio<\/b><span>Our in-house Curriculum Studio gives teachers practical planning support, classroom resources, and activity ideas connected to the PrismPath\u2122 framework.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"newItem\"><b>Revised GELDS literacy guidance<\/b><span>Updated Communication, Language, and Literacy guidance strengthens conversations, vocabulary, storytelling, and early reading foundations throughout the day.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"newItem\"><b>Heggerty Phonics in Pre-K<\/b><span>Our Pre-K classrooms now include playful, developmentally appropriate activities that build phonological and phonemic awareness through listening, rhyming, and sound play.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"newItem\"><b>New enrichment activities<\/b><span>Soccer, coding, and visits from the Tumble Gym Bus add more movement, problem-solving, creativity, and hands-on discovery to the year.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"newItem\"><b>Evening meals for school-age children<\/b><span>Children in our afterschool program now receive an evening meal instead of a snack, supporting fuller afternoons of homework help, enrichment, and play.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"newItem\"><b>Chroma Early Start on site<\/b><span>Speech, occupational, and ABA therapy can be delivered inside a child&#8217;s familiar Chroma setting, helping care and developmental support stay connected.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!-- CTA --><\/p>\n<section class=\"white borderY\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"ctaBand reveal\" id=\"ctaBand\">\n      <span class=\"glow\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"spectrumHairline\"><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"serif\">Come see this week.<\/h2>\n<p>Not a sample day, not a showcase \u2014 whatever week we happen to be in when you visit. 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