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FWD - Gifted Services FWD is an after school program focusing on social, emotional, and academic needs of gifted children.

The kids did an amazing job putting simple machines to work with a ball launcher STEM challenge! So many different strat...
10/11/2026

The kids did an amazing job putting simple machines to work with a ball launcher STEM challenge! So many different strategies to launch a ball as far as possible. They tested and improved their designs, sharing ideas and tips with each other!

We had a mind bending time learning about optical illusions! What are they and how do they work? The kids then made a re...
10/05/2026

We had a mind bending time learning about optical illusions! What are they and how do they work? The kids then made a reverse perspective illusion, spinning disk, or a 3D drawing of a snake.

09/26/2026

Which tool worked best to gather the beans? Kids saw natural selection in action where the ‘weakest’ tools went extinct and the ‘strongest’ tools thrived!

A busy week learning about animal adaptations! The littles explored camouflage and mimicry and hid butterflies around th...
09/26/2026

A busy week learning about animal adaptations! The littles explored camouflage and mimicry and hid butterflies around the room for the big kids to find. The other classes played a cut throat game of natural selection.

09/21/2026

A modified anemometer to catch more wind!

A change in the seasons is the perfect time to learn about how scientists predict the weather! We learned about what win...
09/21/2026

A change in the seasons is the perfect time to learn about how scientists predict the weather! We learned about what wind is and how it is formed then the kids made wind turbines to lift a load or an anemometer to measure wind speed!

FWD is back for the new school year! Our first week was a fun STEM challenge where the kids worked together to save thei...
09/13/2026

FWD is back for the new school year! Our first week was a fun STEM challenge where the kids worked together to save their bears from various disasters. We loved all the different solutions!

Another guest expert came to camp today to talk about coding and robots! She discussed the difference between hardware a...
08/20/2026

Another guest expert came to camp today to talk about coding and robots! She discussed the difference between hardware and software and then introduced the kids to scratch. They then had a series of challenges for their robot to accomplish!

Day 3 of camp - tiny houses! We talked about what goes into designing a tiny house and why some people choose to live in...
08/19/2026

Day 3 of camp - tiny houses! We talked about what goes into designing a tiny house and why some people choose to live in one. The kids then designed and built a tiny house, putting in many required items like a bed, table, kitchen and bathroom.

Day 2 of camp and the eyes have it! We learned about how we see and all the parts of the eye. The kids then made an edib...
08/19/2026

Day 2 of camp and the eyes have it! We learned about how we see and all the parts of the eye. The kids then made an edible model, a pinhole camera, and played a game about depth perception.

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17 Old Post Road South
Croton-on-Hudson, NY
10520

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Monday 2:30pm - 5pm
Tuesday 2:30pm - 5pm
Wednesday 2:30pm - 5pm
Thursday 2:30pm - 5pm

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+17735514675

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