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“Almost all creativity involves purposeful play.”– Abraham Maslow It is with great excitement that we announce the newest addition to our learning programs: Creator Labs. Creator Labs aim to unleash children’s potential by allowing them to develop their unique learning paths through play. What is a Creator Lab? A Creator Lab is a 2-hour open […]
Dear Explorations Campers and Parents, With the beginning of camp just around the corner, we are sending to your attention “housekeeping details” for your further consideration. Explorations Camp 2019 takes place at Loyola High School, 2477 West Broadway, just below Sherbrooke Street, in Notre Dame de Grace. Session 1 begins on Monday, July 1, Canada […]
According to a recent article in The Washington Post entitled “Teens who spend less time in front of screens are happier”, Silicon Valley executives “have been speaking out about the purposefully addictive designs of smartphones and social media, which make them hard to put down for anyone, but particularly teenagers. Now, a new report puts numbers […]
Explorations Montreal is the choice of parents who are searching for an authentic, “real world” educational experience. First founded in 1982, as a summer camp for “gifted” students, by a group of innovative McGill University Education professors, Explorations now welcomes curious and motivated learners from Montreal and beyond. In this regard, Explorations has also since […]
Explorations is all about “trying” new things. So what better for this educator than to spread some heavy duty wings (13 hours in air) and go to China with the hopes of teaching Drama. The classroom was ideal. Set up with stools and tables along the wall and plenty of room to move and express. […]
Dear Explorations Community, On Sunday, September 23rd, special guest The Honourable Marc Garneau, Minister of Transport and Canada’s first astronaut will join children at the Montreal Benny Library, in his riding of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-Westmount, for to share his experiences as an astronaut and to take part in a Q&A, along with a representative from the Canadian […]
This summer, Explorations launched its inaugural Explorations International Camp. A team of 4 Leaders and 4 Assistants spent 13 days in Beijing leading Explorations Activities to groups of Chinese children. The program was a huge success and we cannot wait to return in the Winter of 2019. Activities included Nutrition and Cooking, Theatre, Glee, Robotics, […]
Dear Explorations Camp Family, As our first session at Explorations 2017 is about to conclude we are sending to your attention our Camp Explorations 2017 newsletter. This year, the newsletter is hosted directly on our website. We would ask that you follow this link to access our first edition for the summer of 2017.