Learning Adventure Bus

Holy unicorn crafts, Batman!

Only one week left in Summer Camp Early Registration! Use code FIRSTONBOARD for $100 off any seat booked before April 1st

Learning Adventure Bus updated their information in their About section.

Learning Adventure Bus updated their information in their About section.

Now you can book ALL July or August camps at once! - https://mailchi.mp/d469b85d93a8/save-more-seats-to-save-more

"The best camp in the universe!!!" - R. (Garden Camp explorer, aged 10)

Not to toot our own horn, but we kinda agree...

Use code FIRSTONBOARD to save $100 on every seat you save before April 1st! 🌟

Summer Adventure Camps Now Boarding!

Summer Adventure Camps Now Boarding! - https://mailchi.mp/f750a8bb0604/summer-adventure-camps-now-boarding

Summer Adventure Camps Now Boarding!

After-School Programming starts this week! Here are a few things we are excited about. . .

𝙻𝙰𝙱 𝚅𝚊𝚕𝚞𝚎 #𝟻: "𝚃𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜". 𝙾𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙻𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙰𝚍𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝙱𝚞𝚜, 𝚠𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚔𝚒𝚍𝚜 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚍𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕-𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚞𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚔 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚔𝚒𝚍𝚜 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚜.

Anddddd the winner of our contest (thanks, random name picker app...) is @Lo Posey!! Congratulations on your soon-to-be-delivered goodie basket!! Thank you all for playing along, and we'll be sure to have another fun contest soon! ✨

LAB Value 4: Have fun!
Make friends, make memories, make some smiles!

To learn more, visit us at www.learningadventurebus.com

Summer Adventure Camp Highlights Round #2.

This week we visited Morven Park!

To find out more, buckle up, and dive into our fall learning programs on www.learningadventurebus.com

Some highlights from our very first summer camp!

To find out more, buckle up, and dive into our fall learning programs on www.learningadventurebus.com

LAB Value #3: Make mistakes! Here in the Learning Adventure Bus, we teach your little adventurers to try and try again -- and learn a little something new every time.

To find out more, buckle up, and dive into our learning programs on www.learningadventurebus.com

From the outside, Harold may seem like your average school bus, but once you step inside you'll see shelves full of books, flexible seating, pressed flowers and all kinds of botanical wonders, art and craft supplies, and a wall of musical instruments! All of these items are here to spark your little adventurers' creativity.

To find out more, buckle up, and dive into our learning programs on www.learningadventurebus.com

Learning Adventure Bus Value # 2: Get Messy! (Make, build, create, play)🧑‍🎨

Just look at these little musicians! Thank you to the incredible Fiddle Mama Music for the amazing instrumental experience (with the most beautiful backdrop at Blandy Experimental Farm ) ☀️💛✨

Save a seat on our adventures by this Sunday to get $100 off the booking price!

A traveling, magical learning experience | The Magic After-School Bus | Virginia

🕵️‍♀️There is still time to look for the Learning Adventure Bus around LoCo! The contest ends on August 30th. Simply snap a photo of the LAB, and tag us with the hashtag for a chance to win a gift basket filled with goodies from our featured local businesses hand-delivered by Harold the bus and Ms. Escobar!

A traveling, magical learning experience | The Magic After-School Bus | Virginia An after-school program like no other. A school bus turned mobible classroom/makerspace transports elementary-aged explorers on a variety of educational adventures. Ditch digital learning and reintroduce your young learner to the joy of education, one magical adventure at a time.

Hooray for an exciting new week! This week we are making music! Today we got a sneak peek into what can be considered an instrument… stay tuned to see what else this week brings! 

Potions, elixirs, and... smoothies?!? Oh my! 🧙🥤👩‍🍳
Go Somewhere:
In this week-long adventure, explorers will get to step into the shoes of a chemist as they experiment with concoctions and discover for themselves how substances react and change when combined. Little learners will visit a lab, a grocery store, and a smoothie shop as they work to make potions of their own.

Meet Someone:
Explorers will get to meet a local scientist who uses different chemicals to help improve people’s lives. They will also get to meet the owner of a local smoothie shop who uses natural, organic ingredients to do the same!

Make Something:
By the end of the week, explorers will have invented their own “magic potion” using some of the (safe!) substances they were allowed to work with throughout the week. They will invent an original name, detailed description, and unique product that would make any potion’s master proud.

A day filled with scavenger hunts, specimen collection, and garden design on just the most beautiful day!

Thanks to an amazing MCCS Back to School Night our ceiling bus gallery is looking better than ever! LAB ❤️'s @mccs_nova ! Can't wait to start our After-School Program in just a few short weeks!

Today we created collection bins out of recycled materials and found beautiful specimens!

Upcoming Adventure! Make some magical music with Ms. Escobar. 🎼🎸(there are only 9 spots remaining!)
This week, explorers will be making beautiful music as they learn about vibration, pitch, sound, and rhythm to create their own unique instruments – culminating in a tiny concert of their own.

Go Somewhere
This adventure is for every little explorer who loves singing, dancing, playing, and generally rocking out. Young music-makers will visit a music shop, a theater, and a workshop where instruments are made.

Meet Someone:
Explorers will meet a local craftsman who builds unique instruments, be given a tour of a music shop by the owner, and listen to a concert given by local musicians just for them!

Make Something:
This week, explorers will be making beautiful music as they learn about vibration, pitch, sound and rhythm to create their own unique instruments – culminating in a tiny concert of their own.

There is still time to book a seat for your little explorers for our miniature gardens adventure next week! This week-long adventure is all about miniature gardens -- be they fairy, zen, dinosaur, beach, or desert-themed! Explorers will go visit a range of beautiful gardens in the community (both large and small) as they learn what makes an any-sized garden magical. They will also visit a landscaping store as they decide what plants to add to their collection.

So.... our explorers are officially becoming the new LAB photographers. I think it's safe to say today's amazing composition and lighting lesson with @Amy Berringer was a complete success!

Using the Engineering Design Process to plan our photography projects!

This week our theme is Phonics and Photography! We learned some basics about taking photos and created our own view finders! Our little photographers are now set to start taking photos of our adventures later this week! We can’t wait!
Tate Kelly Rust Library

4 Spots Remaining for the Phonics and Photography Adventure next week starting July 26th!

Go Somewhere:
In this week-long adventure, explorers will get a crash course in lighting, photography, and letters! They will visit an art gallery for inspiration and ideas, and then travel to photo-worthy nature spots to do some close-looking and capturing of their own.

Meet Someone:
Explorers will be introduced to the world of pictures by a local photographer who will demonstrate how to use angles, lighting, and perspective to capture magical moments and views.

Make Something:
Explorers will be putting their newfound photography skills to the test as they create a visual alphabet using pictures captured in nature. These picture series will be combined and displayed, creating a beautiful gallery of explorer-made art.

Today we learned how much arable land we have on Earth and ways we can protect it to make sure it stays healthy and safe!

CONTEST TIME! 💛
Look for the Learning Adventure Bus around LoCo, snap a photo, and tag us with the hashtag for a chance to win a gift basket filled with goodies from our featured local businesses, hand (bus?) delivered by Harold himself!

Get Your Hands Dirty! In our next featured Summer Adventure Camp, little explorers will plant, build, dream and design their own mini gardens!

Go Somewhere: Calling all little ones who love planting, building, dreaming and designing. This week-long adventure is all about miniature gardens -- be they fairy, zen, dinosaur, beach, or desert-themed! Explorers will go visit a range of beautiful gardens in the community (both large and small) as they learn what makes an any-sized garden, well, magical. They will also visit a landscape store as they decide what plants to add to their collection.

Meet Someone:
This week, explorers will chat with a master gardener who will give them tips for choosing, planting, and caring for growing things. They will also meet a landscape architect who will explain and model the process for building a garden -- from dreaming, to planning, to sketching to creating.

Make Something:
Throughout the week, explorers will be following the process of a landscape architect as they dream into existence a miniature garden of their own to be shared, taken home, and treasured for years to come.

A giant thank you to the National Sporting Library and Museum for the incredible archive tour! Still can't believe we were allowed to handle 300-year old journals and ask ALL the questions... 📚✨

Say Cheese! In our next featured summer camp, Phonics and Photography, little explorers will be getting to know the county through the lens of a camera.

Go Somewhere:
In this week-long adventure, explorers will get a crash course in lighting, photography, and letters! They will visit an art gallery for inspiration and ideas, and then travel to photo-worthy nature spots to do some close-looking and capturing of their own.

Meet Someone:
Explorers will be introduced to the world of pictures by a local photographer who will demonstrate how to use angles, lighting, and perspective to capture magical moments and views.

Make Something:
Explorers will be putting their newfound photography skills to the test as they create a visual alphabet using pictures captured in nature. These picture series will be combined and displayed, creating a beautiful gallery of explorer-made art.