Local Community Partners
CONNECTING TK FAMILIES WITH LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES IN THEIR COMMUNITIES
Community Partners give TK students even more ways to learn through movement, creativity, exploration, and hands-on experiences. Families can use instructional funds for approved activities such as martial arts, gymnastics, physical fitness, art, and more.
On this page, you’ll find examples of Community Partner options available specifically for our littlest learners.
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Butte
Chico Area Recreation and Park District
Subject: Multi-Subject
City: Chico
Chico Area Recreation & Park District offers a variety of programs for kindergarteners, including sports, dance, arts and crafts, cooking, swimming, and outdoor activities. These classes provide opportunities to build physical skills, creativity, confidence, and social skills while exploring new interests.
Butte Co. Library Youth Programming
Subject: Multi-Subject
City: County-Wide
The Butte County Library offers opportunities for young children to build early literacy, language, social skills, and a love of learning through storytimes, themed activities, and youth programs. Families can choose from programs offered at library branches throughout the county.
Subject: VAPA
City: Chico
A creative space where children can explore art, creativity, fine-motor skills, and self-expression through hands-on craft projects. Creating alongside others makes learning artistic skills a fun and social experience.
Subject: VAPA
City: Chico
Pre-dance classes help young children develop coordination, motor skills, listening skills, musicality, and spatial awareness through imaginative movement. Dance gives children a fun way to build confidence while exploring creativity and expression.
Subject: Multi-Subject
City: Chico
Nature-based programs encourage children to explore, observe, problem-solve, and connect with the natural world through hands-on outdoor experiences. The Forest Fox program begins at age 5, making it a potential fit for older TK students.
Feather River Recreation and Parks District
Subject: Multi-Subject
City: Oroville
Feather River Recreation & Parks District offers paid activities for young children, including swimming, ballet, karate, and youth sports. These programs give kindergarteners opportunities to build physical skills, confidence, coordination, and teamwork in a fun, structured setting.
Subject: VAPA
City: Chico
Music and arts experiences give children opportunities to develop creativity, musical awareness, self-expression, and confidence through hands-on artistic exploration. These experiences encourage children to listen, move, create, and discover their own ways to express ideas.
Subject: VAPA
City: Chico
Dance and gymnastics classes help young children build strength, balance, coordination, flexibility, and confidence through movement and play. Age-appropriate classes give children a positive introduction to physical activity while developing foundational motor skills.
Subject: VAPA
City: Chico
Children's ballet and creative movement classes introduce young learners to movement, coordination, musicality, creativity, and body awareness through music, props, and imaginative play. Classes are designed around the developmental needs of children ages 2–7.
Subject: Language Arts
City: Chico
Beginning literacy classes provide structured instruction in phonemic awareness, letter sounds, handwriting, reading, and writing through stories, songs, games, crafts, and movement. The kindergarten-level program gives young learners a hands-on and encouraging foundation for literacy.
Thrive Homeschool Enrichment Center
Subject: Multi-Subject
City: Chico
Enrichment classes combine storytime, hands-on activities, crafts, movement, sensory play, and social learning. Children have opportunities to explore new ideas while building confidence, creativity, and connections with others.
Mendocino
Art for Montessori
Subject: VAPA
City: Fort Bragg
Developmentally appropriate art experiences inspired by the Montessori approach encourage children to explore drawing, painting, collage, and three-dimensional art while building creativity and an appreciation for art.
Subject: Multi-Subject
City: Ukiah
A space where children can learn, explore, adapt, and play through movement, art, building, and hands-on activities that support physical, social, and creative development.
Subject: P.E.
City: Ukiah
A martial arts program where children develop strength, coordination, focus, confidence, and discipline through movement and age-appropriate training.
Subject: VAPA
City: Ukiah
A gymnastics program helping children develop strength, balance, coordination, flexibility, and body awareness while learning foundational gymnastics skills through movement and play.
Subject: VAPA
City: Fort Bragg
A music studio inviting young children and their families to sing, dance, move, and play while developing rhythm, musical confidence, listening skills, and early communication.
Subject: VAPA
City: Ukiah
A performing arts program where children explore music, movement, dance, and creative expression while building confidence, coordination, communication, and a sense of connection with others.
Lake
Subject: P.E.
City: Cobb
More than just a martial arts gym, this community helps children build strength, character, confidence, and important life skills.
Subject: VAPA
City: Middletown
A dance and performing arts studio where children develop coordination, balance, confidence, creativity, and self-expression through age-appropriate movement and dance classes.
CMAS Children's Museum of Arts and Science
Subject: VAPA, Science
City: Clearlake
Hands-on art, music, and science experiences encourage creativity, cooperation, and personal growth through engaging activities.
Subject: P.E.
City: Kelseyville
More than just a martial arts gym, this community helps children build strength, character, confidence, and important life skills.
Subject: VAPA
City: Middletown
A hands-on art experiences where children can explore drawing, painting, clay, creativity, and self-expression. Classes encourage curiosity and artistic development while giving young learners opportunities to create and learn alongside others.
Sky Catch Gymnastics
Subject: P.E.
City: Lakeport
A gymnastics program where children build strength, coordination, balance, confidence, and important motor skills through movement.
Small Town Ceramics
Subject: VAPA
City: Lower Lake
A paint-your-own pottery studio where children can explore creativity, fine-motor skills, color, and self-expression through hands-on art projects.