The Bodhi Tree Learn By Doing Life Skills Workshops
Spring 2025 13 Weeks of indoor / outdoor social and engaging activities M-Th1pm-4pm Ages: 4-10 Location: 2955 N. Moorpark Rd Thousand Oaks Ca 91360 Dates & Prices: March 24th - June 19th
We run a tight ship in The Bodhi Tree Learn By Doing Life Skills workshops, with 10 children in a classroom and outdoor play area. We are offering a place to continuously belong, given wider or rare circumstances. Having each child’s parent accompanying them, provides a safe & nurturing environment making our BTEC Pod into a great source of support for parents of the homeschool & special needs community. We model being emotionally present with your child while giving you time to bond around other peers and adults. Our Guides demonstrate critical life skills that will help with future successes while working around arising issues as we problem solve together.
Accomadations
We give Accommodations to all types of learners and levels of physical function, opportunities to participate and be included in fun pre- scheduled games and activities. Making it an all inclusion environment where everyone feels welcome and respected. Helping with speaking boards or communication tools & devices. Making sure every child has a voice. We gather at the BTEC’s Learn By Doing workshop to learn beneficial social playing skills. Our BTEC’s Learn by Doing Social & Enrichment Pod provides a variety of core skill based mini 30 mins- 1 hour variety life skill learning workshops: that are planned out inside each day. Our Bodhi Tree experienced guide helps redirect children into their lane of unique talents, curiosity, imagination and passions. Honing in on each child’s needs such as personal awarenesses highlighting Danger precautions, safety awareness, self regulation , behavioral coping skills, potty training/hygiene, time & emotional awareness and behavior management, while covering core subjects activities such as:
Bodhi Tree weekly Rhythm
Mon Tues Wed we cover Language & English : speaking and communication, alphabet knowledge, pronunciation, grammar & pre writing skills, through tactile work, using print outs for the daily/ hourly umbrella subject.
Mon: Math, basic adding and subtraction, using counting objects, fractions using pie method, shapes and numbers, counting to 100 & learning about coins. Tues: Science: weather, basic body parts, space, basic physics, gravity, magnetic fields Wed: Nature & wildlife: land animals, plants, ecosystems, Arts & crafts: painting, clay, paper mache, sand art, pre sewing and light kid safe woodworking. Thurs: History: geography, lessons states, oceans, environment social studies Maine biology: focusing on sea life , oceanography print outs and puppets, supplying a visual aide for references if needed.
Social & peer awareness skills are & role playing ( acting out skits or movie scenes or make believe playing), help with independent critical thinking & communication development . We die into engagement activities activities such as: felt boards, songs, puzzles, clay, bubbles, toy cars/ building ramps and action figures, music, hop scotch, hacky sack, practice things like basket ball or sit in the spin chairs to regulate child’s vestibular & nervous systemsTactile and Cognitive skills such as: painting, puzzles, chalk, ball & marble runs, building or putting together train tracks or car ramps.
BTEC works as a bridge to success in your future path, continuously changing support for your child to independently walk above their unique social & learning curve.
Big or small, we celebrate all wins and respect physical handicaps or differences* We build up children's confidence levels In learning multi independent core living skills.
BTEC Learn By Doing Life Skills Workshop Dates:Mon- Thurs: 1pm- 4pm Spring Session runs from March 24th – June 19thWk 1 ~March 24-27 Wk 2 ~ March 31- April 3Wk 3 ~ April 7- 10Wk 4 ~ April 14- 17 Wk 5 ~ April 21-24 Wk 6 ~ April 28- May 1 Wk 7 ~ May 5- 8 Wk 8~ May 12-15 Wk 9 ~ 19-22 Wk 10 ~ 26-29 Wk 11 ~ June 2-5 Wk 12 ~ June 9- 12 Wk 13 ~ June 16- 19 Prices:$ 65 / day, 3 hr each day $135 / 2 days a week $185 / 3 days a week $250 / week, 4 days 3hr each $3,250 full spring BTEC Workshop registration. 156 hours of enrichment services.