We believe that play and creativity are necessary ingredients for a healthy childhood. We nurture wonder!
896 Saratoga Road (Route 50)
Ballston Lake, NY 12019
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We are an informal, home-like indoor/outdoor space where children have the freedom to play and explore...at their own pace and on their own time. The Wonder Room offers programs that encourage experiential learning in a play-based setting. We are dedicated to nurturing wonder and inspiring imaginative thinking
and creativity in
those we serve.
SPRING 2012
Drop-in play hours:
Monday 9 AM -2 PM
Tuesday 9 AM - 5 PM
Wednesday 9 AM - 2 PM
Thursday 9 AM - 2 PM
Friday 9 AM - 2 PM
We often are open on weekday evenings and Saturdays. See calendar for dates.
Sunday Closed
Note: If the weather is inclement, we will be closed for the safety of all.
WE WILL BE CLOSED ON
MAY 28th, JULY 4th, and
SEPTEMBER 3rd.
Monday, May 21st: Open 9am -2pm for drop-in play and creative art. It's MESSY MONDAY! Come dressed to make a mess and leave the clean-up to us. We'll be sponge painting.
Tuesday, May 22nd: Open 9am - 5pm for drop-in play and creative art.
Wednesday, May 23rd: Open 9am- 2pm for drop-in play and creative art.
Thursday, May 24th: Open 9am - 2pm for drop-in play and creative art. THEME THURSDAY - Find the rocks with numbers and pictures hiding in our yard. What designs can you make with shells and rocks.
Friday, May 25th: Open 9am - 2pm for drop-in play and creative art.
Monday, May 28th: WE ARE CLOSED TODAY. See you on Tuesday!
Tuesday, May 29th: Open 9am - 5pm for drop-in play and creative art. Visit today and make a bubble blower.
Wednesday, May 30th: Open 9am - 2pm for drop-in play and creative art.
Thursday, May 31st; Open 9am - 2pm for drop-in play and creative art. THEME THURSDAY. Can you hear the birds outside? Do you want to make a bird for our community tree? Or maybe a nesting bag to help birds in your yard create their nests.
Friday, June 1st: Open 9am - 2pm for drop-in play and creative art.
Saturday, June 2nd: Open 9am - 2pm for drop-in play and creative art. SOCIAL SATURDAY is all about meeting up with friends and enjoying some family time.
Monday, June 4th: Open 9am - 2pm for drop-in play and creative art. MESSY MONDAY - Drawing, digging, dumping, and designing in sand outside in our yard today!
Tuesday, June 5: Open 9am - 5pm for drop-in play and creative art. Visit today and make a ball blaster.
Wednesday, June 6: Open 9am - 5pm for drop-im play and creative art. Who wants to help us make some stepping stones for our play yard. We'll be working on it at 10:30am.
Thursday, June 7: Open 9am - 2pm for drop-in play and creative art. THEME THURSDAY -
Nature collage. What noises do you hear outside? Maybe we'll see a big plane up in the sky.
Friday, June 8th: Open 9am - 2pm for drop-in play and creative art. Join us at 10am for story and crafts inspired by our FAVORITE AUTHOR, Laura Vaccaro Seeger.
Monday, June 11th: Open 9am - 2pm for drop-in play and creative art. MESSY MONDAY - Shaving cream, shells, shovels, and shakers! Show us what you can do!
Tuesday, June 12th: Open 9am - 5pm for drop-in play and creative art. In celebration of Flag Day this thursday, we've added some flags to our yard. What would you put on your flag? You can create one in our art room. We'll also have 3 THINGS TO DO WITH CLOTHESPINS ....ideas for here and home.
Wednesday, June 13th: Open 9am - 2pm for drop-in play and creative art. It's a great day to create a card or handmade gift for Dad or Grandpa!
Thursday, June 14th: Open 9am - 2pm for drop-in play and creative art. THEME THURSDAY - We've hidden some creepy crawlers in our yard. Can you find 10 of them? Do you see any real creepy crawlers or other creatures in our yard?
Friday, June 15th: Open 9am -2pm for drop-in play and creative art.
Saturday, June 16th: Open 9am -2pm for drop-in play and creative art. SOCIAL SATURDAY - A community wood collage will be constructed by visitors today.
Monday, June 18th: Open 9am - 2pm for drop-in play and creative art. MESSY MONDAY - Mixing mud pies is soooooo much fun!
Tuesday, June 19th: Open 9am - 5pm for drop-in play and creative art. Parents, educators and caregivers can register for our MAKE-IT TAKE-IT program (adults only) - YOUNG KIDS LOVE BOOKS: IN OUR YARD - Would your children like a field guide just for your yard? A map of your property? We provide the supplies and the inspiration - you make it special! We'll also provide the tools you'll need to record your summer travels in a child-friendly keepsake. Register by June 12th by calling 602-0237 or thewonderroomny@gmail.com. $15 members/ $20 non-members.
Wednesday, June 20th: Open 9am- 5pm for drop-in play and creative art. We'll have our LEGOS out from 3-5pm.
Thursday, June 21st: Open 9am - 2pm for drop-in play and creative art. THEME THURSDAY - What's "in our yard" today? Tell us you like to do outside. Do you like to hop? Do you like to dig? Do you like to make music? Do you like to sing out loud? Do you like to look at clouds? Do you like to feel the rain or splash in a puddle? Do you like to chase your shadow?
Friday, June 22nd: Open 9am - 2pm for drop-in play and creative art.
Monday, June 25th: Open 9am - 2pm for drop in play and creative art. MESSY MONDAY - Making a mess inside and outside. We'll be making fancy paper using shaving cream!
Tuesday, June 26th: Open 9am - 5pm for drop-in play and creative art. KID's SUMMER SNACKS from 4pm-5pm - Ages 6-11 - $15 members/ $20 non-members - Simple and healthy snacks that kids can assemble themselves. Pack them up and off you go. Just in time for summer trips! Register by June 19th at 602-0237 or thewonderroomny@gmail.com.
Wednesday, June 27th; Open 9am - 2pm for drop-in play and creative art.
Thursday, June 28th: Open 9am - 2pm for drop-in play and creative art. THEME THURSDAY - What's growing in our pots? Do you have a garden in your yard? What types of foods and plants grow in gardens?
Friday, June 29th: Open 9am - 2pm for drop-in play and creative art. Bring in a t-shirt and you can decorate it with our paints at 1pm. This one can be messy...dress appropriately.
Monday, July 2nd: Open 9am -3pm for drop-in play and creative art. MESSY MONDAY inside and out! Bubble Trouble! OUR SUMMER HOURS START TODAY! It's also the first day of our Summer theme - DOWN BY THE WATER. WE have switched out our toys and changed up our imaginative play space to include a "Snack Shack", "Boat Rides" and water creatures.
Tuesday, July 3rd: Open 12:30pm - 5pm for drop-in play and creative art. We'll also have THREE THINGS TO DO WITH SPONGES...squeeze them, toss them, and stack them up!
Wednesday, July 4th: WE ARE CLOSED TODAY. HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!
Thursday, July 5th: Open 12:30pm-3pm for drop-in play and creative art. THEME THURSDAY....let's test out some boats. Which ones float? Which ones sink? Can you make a boat that floats? What other objects float or sink?
Friday, July 6th: Open 12:30pm - 3pm for drop-in play and creative art. CARING FOR KIDS - 9am -noon - a special program for students 11-15 years old who are interested in babysitting. We will cover some basic health and safety issues, child development, and review a list of things to consider when in charge of little ones. The participants will go home with a bag of tricks that will help them to be successful babysitters. Please register by June 29th by e-mailing us at thewonderroomny@gmail.com or calling 602-0237 - Fee: $25 per student
Monday, July 9th: Open 9am- 3pm for drop-in play and creative art. MESSY MONDAY!
Tuesday, July 10th: Open 12:30pm - 5pm for drop-in play and creative art. Decorate a fish!
Wednesday, July 11th: Open 12:30pm -3pm for drop in play and creative art.
Thursday, July 12th: Open 12:30pm -3pm for drop-in play and creative art. THEME THURSDAY ....find some shells in our yard and create a seaside design.
Friday, July 13th: Open 12:30pm - 3pm for drop-in play and creative art. At 1:00pm we will have our FAVORITE AUTHOR program - story and a craft inspired by the work of Emily Gravett.
Monday, July 16th: Open 9am - 3pm for drop-in play and creative art. MESSY MONDAY!
Tuesday, July 17th: Open 12:30pm - 5pm for drop-in play and creative art. Children ages 6 - 11 years old can register for our CREATIVE COOKING program - It's A Pizza! - 4pm -5pm. Please register by July 10th by emailing us at thewonderroomny@gmail.com or calling us at 602-0237.
Wednesday, July 18th: Open 12:30pm - 3pm for drop-in play and creative art. Make a fish or other sea creature in our art room.
Thursday, July 19th: Open 12:30pm - 3pm for drop-in play and creative art. THEME THURSDAY....what can you do in or by the water? ...swim, fish, ride in a boat, dig in the sand....
Friday, July 20th: Open 12:30pm - 3pm for drop-in play and creative art.
Monday, July 23rd: Open 9am - 3pm for drop-in play and creative art. MESSY MONDAY! Bubble Wrap painting today at 10am.
Tuesday, July 24th: Open 12:30pm - 5pm for drop-in play and creative art. MAKE-IT TAKE IT program - Road Map and Accessory Blocks - (Adults Only) - 7pm - 8:30pm. Please register by July 17th by calling 602-0237 or email us a thewonderroomny@gmail.com
Wednesday, July 25th: Open 12:30pm - 3pm for drop-in play and creative art. Beautiful bead crafting at 1pm.
Thursday, July 26th: Open 12:30pm - 3pm for drop-in play and creative art. THEME THURSDAY. Let's make paper at 1pm.
Friday, July 27th: Open 12:30pm - 3pm for drop-in play and creative art.
Monday, July 30th: Open 9am - 3pm for drop-in play and creative art. MESSY MONDAY!
Tuesday, July 31st: Open 12:30pm - 5pm for drop-in play and creative art. Make a travel game!
Wednesday, August 1st: Open 12:30pm - 3pm for drop-in play and creative art. Seaside village in our block area.
Thursday, August 2nd: Open 12:30pm - 3pm for drop-in play and creative art. THEME THURSDAY. Fun pretending to fish.
Friday, August 3rd: Open 12:30pm - 3pm for drop-in play and creative art.
Monday, August 6th:Open 9am -3pm for drop-in play and creative art. MESSY MONDAY! Bubbles and balls!
Tuesday, August 7th: Open 12:30pm -5pm for drop-in play and creative art. Let's pretend we are camping in our imaginative play space.
Wednesday, August 8th: Open 12:30pm - 3pm for drop-in play and creative art. Target tossing in our play yard.
Thursday, August 9th: Open 12:30pm - 3pm for drop-in play and creative art. THEME THURSDAY! Anybody been camping...where do you like to go...what do you like to do?
Friday, August 10th: Open 12:30pm - 3pm for drop-in play and creative art. We will have our FAVORITE AUTHOR program at 1pm with crafts and stories by Eric Carle.
Monday, August 13th: Open 9am - 3pm for drop-in play and creative art. MESSY MONDAY!
Tuesday, August 14th: Open 12:30pm -5pm for drop-in play and creative art. Make a turtle today.
Wednesday, August 15th: Open 12:30pm - 3pm for drop-in play and creative art. Search for shells in our play yard.
Thursday, August 16th: Open 12:30pm - 3pm for drop-in play and creative art. THEME THURSDAY.
Friday, August 17th: Open 12:30pm for drop-in play and creative art.
Monday, August 20th: Open 9am -3pm for drop-in play and creative art. MESSY MONDAY!
Tuesday, August 21st: Open 12:30pm -5pm for drop-in play and creative art. A CREATIVE COOKING CLASS - Kid Kabobs - for children 6 years old and up - 4pm -5pm - $15 member and $20 for non-members - Kids create fruit and vegetable kabobs - some to taste and some to bring home. Parents, caregivers, and educators may enjoy our MAKE IT TAKE IT program - Getting The Kids Organized - 7pm - 8:30pm - $15 for members and $20 for non-members. - Register for either program at 602-0237 or by e-mail thewonderroomny@gmail.com by August 14th.
Wednesday, August 22nd: Open 12:30pm - 3pm for drop-in play and creative art.
Thursday, August 23rd: Open 12:30pm - 3pm for drop-in play and creative art. Parents, caregivers, and educators may enjoy our MAKE IT TAKE IT program - Art with Young Children - 7pm-8:30pm - $15 members $20 non-members - Register by August 16th at 602-0237 or thewonderrroomny@gmail.com.
Friday, August 24th: Open 12:30pm -3pm for drop-in play and creative art. Make a nesting bag for our feathered friends.
Monday, August 27th: Open 9am- 3pm for drop-in play and creative art. MESSY MONDAY.
Tuesday, August 28th: Open 12:30pm - 5pm for drop-in play and creative art. Our 3 THINGS TO DO WITH program will feature ideas to do with plastic lids. Our MAKE IT TAKE IT program for adults only will have you creating a Traveling Feltboard to use with your children. $15 for members $20 for non-members - Please register by August 21st at 602-0237 or at thewonderrroomny@gmail.com.
Wednesday, August 29th: Open 12:30pm - 3pm for drop-in play and creative art.
Thursday, August 30th: Open 12:30pm - 3pm for drop-in play and creative art. THEME THURSDAY.
Friday, August 31st: Open 12:30pm - 3pm for drop-in play and creative art. Making paper today at 1pm.
Monday. September 3rd: WE WILL BE CLOSED! ENJOY A PICNIC WITH YOUR FAMILY!
Tuesday, September 4th: Open 12:30pm - 5pm for drop-in play and creative art. OUR FALL HOURS BEGIN TODAY!
Wednesday, September 5th: Open 12:30pm 3pm for drop-in play and creative art. Owl crafts.
Thursday, September 6th: Open 12:30pm - 3pm for drop-in play and creative art. THEME THURSDAY. Fishing for letters and shapes.
Friday, September 7th: Open 9am - 3pm for drop-in play and creative art.
Saturday, September 8th: Open 9am - 2pm for SOCIAL SATURDAY - Gather your family together and spend some time being creative.
Monday, September 10th: Open 9am - 3pm for drop-in play and creative art. MESSSY MONDAY! Sponge painting at 10am.
Tuesday, September 11th: Open 12:30pm - 5pm for drop-in play and creative art. We will have ideas and inspiration for how you can reuse plastic bottles in our 3 THINGS TO DO WITH PROGRAM.
Wednesday, September 12th: Open 12:30pm - 3pm for drop-in play and creative art. Create an Autumn tree in our craft room.
Thursday, September 13th: Open 12:30pm - 3pm for drop-in play and creative art. THEME THURSDAY.
Friday, September 14th: Open 9am - 3pm for drop-in play and creative art. Our FAVORITE AUTHOR program at 10am will feature stories by Ann Rockwell and a special craft.
Monday, September 17th: Open 9am - 3pm for drop-in play and creative art. MESSY MONDAY inside and out.
Tuesday, September 18th: Open 12:30pm - 5pm for drop-in play and creative art. CREATIVE COOKING - Sensational Sandwiches will be offered from 4pm -5pm for children 6years old and up. $15 for members $20 non-members - Please register by September 11th at 602-0237 or thewonderroomny@gmail.com.
Wednesday, September 19th: Open 12:30pm - 3pm for drop-in play and creative art. How about making a fall leaf collage.
Thursday, September 20th: Open 12:30pm - 3pm for drop-in play and creative art. THEME THURSDAY.
Friday, September 21st: Open 9am - 3pm for drop-in play and creative art. Make a puppet today!
Saturday, September 22nd: Open 9am - 2pm for drop-in play and creative art. At SOCIAL SATURDAY we will celebrate apples - washing, decorating, sorting and more.
Monday, September 24th: Open 9am - 3pm for drop-in play and creative art.
Tuesday, September 25th: Open 12:30pm - 5pm for drop-in play and creative art. Educators may register for our GROWN UP program - It's All About Classroom Management. Look at 5 different components that influence child behavior and the interactions in your classroom. It's a great way to start the new year. 7pm- 8:30pm - $15 for members $20 non-members - Please register by September 18th at 602-0237 or thewonderroomny@gmail.com.
Wednesday, September 26th: Open 12:30pm - 3pm for drop-in play and creative art.
Thursday, September 27th: Open 12:30pm - 3pm for drop-in play and creative art. THEME THURSDAY.
Friday, September 28th: Open 9am - 3pm for drop-in play and creative art.
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896 Saratoga Road (Route 50),
Ballston Lake, New York.
Browse our website to discover our engaging programs for children, families and educators of children
3 to 10 years old.
Programs are self-guided and children must be accompanied by an adult (at least 18 years old) at all times. Younger children are welcome.
Educators and Play Associates are available to facilitate your experience, but are not available to provide ongoing childcare. Please enjoy the experience with your child.
We accept cash or local check.
Thank You!
SPRING 2012
Theme: IN OUR YARD
April, May, June
NOW OPEN
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Calendar
Detailed descriptions and fees can be found on the Services page
Unless otherwise noted, admission is $5 per child per visit
for non-members and FREE for members
We accept cash or local check. Thank You!
