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Western Slope Wonder Academy Igniting young minds through exploration and hands on learning.

Wonder Academy Fridays are BACK! 🌲💛We are so excited to kick off another season of learning outside this Friday! Our fir...
08/31/2026

Wonder Academy Fridays are BACK! 🌲💛

We are so excited to kick off another season of learning outside this Friday! Our first adventure will have our students exploring, investigating, asking questions, getting their hands dirty, and discovering just how much there is to wonder about right beneath their feet. 🔎🐛🌲

We’ve missed our Friday adventures and cannot wait to see our Wonder Academy families again!

Here’s to another year of curiosity, muddy shoes, big questions, and learning in the wild. 💚

🎉 Registration is OPEN for Fall 2026 WSWA Fun Fridays! 🎉Our theme this semester is "We Are Explorers!" 🌎🧭We'll spend 13 ...
06/05/2026

🎉 Registration is OPEN for Fall 2026 WSWA Fun Fridays! 🎉

Our theme this semester is "We Are Explorers!" 🌎🧭

We'll spend 13 weeks exploring Colorado's wild places, learning outdoor skills, investigating rivers and ecosystems, traveling to the Black Canyon, discovering ancient civilizations, studying volcanoes, and creating handmade holiday gifts.

✨ Hands-on learning
✨ Outdoor adventures
✨ Field trips
✨ Science, history, nature, and creativity
✨ Small group atmosphere

We currently have ONLY 3 SPOTS AVAILABLE!

Many of our students return semester after semester, so openings are limited and are filled on a first-come, first-served basis.

If you've been thinking about joining us, now is the time!

Register here:
https://forms.gle/JMauLZja8K8KpwpG8

I am so excited for this semester and can't wait to explore with your kids! ❤️

While we are sad that this semester has ended, we are very excited for what the next holds! Below is our tentative sched...
05/19/2026

While we are sad that this semester has ended, we are very excited for what the next holds! Below is our tentative schedule for next semester and registration will be released June 1st. Keep your eye out for details!

Wow, what a way to end the semester! Today our class gathered at the wonder Ms.Sheilas home for a fun day of side by sid...
05/15/2026

Wow, what a way to end the semester! Today our class gathered at the wonder Ms.Sheilas home for a fun day of side by side, go karts and lots more! The kids all rode side by sides with adults to pass a driving test and obtain their driver's license! Once they passed this test they were cleared to ride the go kart on their own! We worked through many stations! At one the kids learned all about engines and what it takes to get them going and made their own fuel with different proportions of "fuel". If they proportioned them right then their *fuel* would catch on fire! Another station built model airplanes and the final station was left to their imaginations with a small creek and a low ropes course! There is always fun when water is involved! We are so grateful Ms.Sheila had us over and are so thankful for another amazing year at Western Slope Wonder Academy!! We are already looking forward to planning next year. We have lots of fun in store! What's even better, 19/22 of our kids are returning next semester? So excited to learn and grow with this same group of kids next year!!

This Friday we got into the spirit of Valentine's day and made our own spin on a Valentine's day card. We started by mak...
02/16/2026

This Friday we got into the spirit of Valentine's day and made our own spin on a Valentine's day card. We started by making our very own recycled paper out of egg cartons and paper shopping bags. To make them a little extra special we sprinkled them with wildflower seeds! Next we did a little color chemistry! We made our own "dyes" out of different spices and foods! We learned about acids and bases and then observed how they affected the different colors that we created! We of course added a little extra fun and made an explosion! Then we took our colors back inside to create paint! We played with different mixtures of glue and corn starch and our dyes to make the perfect paint consistency which we then used to paint our valentines! We ended with a completely recycled compostable Valentine's gift that the receiver can plant and then watch bloom!! It was a rainy day so our views looked a little different this week, but nevertheless fun was had by all! So much mud! Thankful for my helpers!

🌿 Jar Donation Request! 🫙Western Slope Wonder Academy kiddos are getting ready for a super fun canning class where we’ll...
02/12/2026

🌿 Jar Donation Request! 🫙

Western Slope Wonder Academy kiddos are getting ready for a super fun canning class where we’ll be making jelly and pickles (yes… it’s going to smell amazing 😍).

We are needing 50 small 4-ounce jars — the cute little ones!

If you have any sitting around from past projects that you’d be willing to donate, we would be SO grateful.

They don’t have to be brand new — just clean and in good shape!

Thank you for always supporting hands-on learning for these sweet kids. This community is the best. 💚

If you have some, comment below or send me a message!

Yesterday, Miss Kyli and Miss Sheila had the chance to attend an incredible training on the Grand Mesa, diving into Wint...
02/01/2026

Yesterday, Miss Kyli and Miss Sheila had the chance to attend an incredible training on the Grand Mesa, diving into Winter Ecology ❄️🌲

It was a full day of learning, laughter, and hiking through feet of snow! We explored winter conservation and talked about how much of an impact humans can have on wildlife during the colder months. We participated in hands-on activities learning about wildlife overpasses and underpasses, took part in a mock town hall to debate their pros and cons, and even worked in groups to design and build our own wildlife crossings.

We also went on a track hunt, learning how to identify animal tracks common to our area, and practiced mock lynx observation and tracking. And honestly… that was just the highlights, the day was packed with so much more learning and fun!

It was an inspiring experience, and we’re so excited to bring this new knowledge, energy, and enthusiasm back to our students. Winter science is the best kind of science! 🐾✨

The kids had an absolute blast this Friday and I heard many exclamations of, "This has been my favorite class of the sem...
02/01/2026

The kids had an absolute blast this Friday and I heard many exclamations of, "This has been my favorite class of the semester!!". We were so fortunate to have a guest speaker, Sandy, from Red Wiggler worms come and visit us! The kids got to work together with direction from Sandy to build a worm farm box that we will get to feed and observe over the semester and then be able to put the worm castings in our school garden this Spring! In our other rotation we learned all about the fascinating world of worms! We learned how they navigate, how they sense vibrations, how they dislike the light and then put all of those things into practice as we took off our human hats and pretended to be worms! Watching the kids flop around all over the floor like worms was incredibly joyous and brought so much laughter! We are very excited to spend the rest of the semester being worm farmers!

Last Friday was an absolute blast! This semester we are putting the focus on becoming scientists with our own science jo...
01/26/2026

Last Friday was an absolute blast! This semester we are putting the focus on becoming scientists with our own science journals that we will carry with us throughout the semester! It has been fun watching the kids take responsibility for their journals and put their own spin on them! This last Friday we added three new experiments to our journal! Station 1 was creating ice candles!! The kids put on their scientist hats and made predictions on what their candles would come out looking like! We learned the science behind atoms and molecules and how they change when something is changing temperatures or moving from a liquid to a solid! Station 2 was an ice melting station where the kids experimented with different tools to find the quickest and most effective way to melt ice! Station 3 was a fun watercolor station with ice cubes! They took frozen ice cubes with food coloring on them and played with salt on their water color paper to see how it would affect the way the ice moved and melted! We also snuck in a football game in the snow and a game of uno for the kids who weren't digging the cold weather. 😂 It was a fun day for all and we are so looking forward to this Friday. We are having a guest speaker who is going to come and help us build worm boxes!!

It was a wonderful start to the Spring Semester! Today was all about becoming field scientists and getting ready for the...
01/17/2026

It was a wonderful start to the Spring Semester! Today was all about becoming field scientists and getting ready for the rest of the semester. The kids worked through three rotations! Rotation 1 was a scavenger not focused on how quickly they could discover items but what they could stop, observe and wonder about the items! Rotation 2 was learning all about the tools and instruments that field scientists may take out into the field with them. We also touched on the different branches of science and what they entail! In this group they were given four jars of different materials and then all the tools. They were given the prompt to pretend to be field scientists and use the tools and the items to wonder and discover. The air was filled with, "I wonder if..." "Ohhh what if we try this" "I bet if we did this!". Brain juices were flowing and discovery was happening! Rotation 3 was getting their science journals ready for the semester. They each picked their special journal and then decorated it with their own creative freedom. Discussions were had about the attributes of a field scientist and they picked which words best described them as a scientist! Of course the day wouldn't be complete without some free play where the unprompted game of choice was football!!! This is going to be an awesome semester with a super awesome group of kids!! Next week, it's all about ice!!!

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