Wonder Lab is Kinderberry Hill’s dynamic discovery space, thoughtfully designed to spark creativity, inspire experimentation, and nurture each child’s natural sense of wonder. Tailored for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and pre-kindergarteners, the program ensures age-appropriate projects that invite curious minds to explore science, technology, engineering, art, and math—all through joyful, hands-on play.
Our Wonder Lab studies
take place two to four months
at a time, allowing in-depth
exploration. Each study is
based on a different theme
and incorporates a variety of
learning opportunities from all
learning domains. Themes are immersed into daily schedules and activities.
Studies are introduced
during group time activities.
Afternoons are immersed in
hands-on play experiences
to enhance learning using a
variety of materials,
resources, and cues from
the children’s interests.
Families receive frequent
communication regarding
each topic of study, including
information about the
community, family education
events, and other
opportunities through
Kinderberry Hill.
Bringing Early Learning to Life in Our Wonder Lab
At Kinderberry Hill, curiosity is not just encouraged—it’s celebrated. In our Wonder Lab, infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and pre-kindergarteners engage in hands-on, minds-on exploration using authentic tools and real-world materials designed to spark discovery, creativity, and critical thinking.
Here, children are invited to explore like true scientists, artists, and engineers. They might:
Listen to their voices through a live microphone, discovering sound and amplification.
Observe life-sized shadows and experiment with light using an overhead projector.
Examine antique and modern cameras, capturing their own photos to understand perspective and storytelling.
Get messy and creative by spinning clay on a pottery wheel, exploring texture, shape, and form.
Every activity is rooted in STEAM and Reggio Emilia principles—inviting children to question, test, tinker, and collaborate.
Kinderberry Hill has exceeded everything we thought a childcare experience could be. Beyond a warm, caring environment, KBH offers learning opportunities most preschools don’t: nature‑rich Outdoor Classroom days, hands‑on STEAM Wonder Lab sessions, extra language classes, engaging field trips, and heart‑warming intergenerational programs.
–Kinderberry Hill Roseville Family
Bird Study
Our infants and toddlers enjoy Wonder Lab too! This is our Bird Study, carefully adapted for our youngest learners. They enjoyed talking about eggs, birds, and nests while exploring the colors, sounds, and textures of this beautiful experience.
Art Study
Mediums, artists, eras and more—everything and all things art! Children create and explore sculpture, pottery, and photography. This entire study is a exposure to art history and a practice in creativity, imagination, and self-expression.
Let’s Get Jazzy
The unique quality of jazz music is just a small portion of this musical study. Hand-on learning includes: exposure both by touch and sound to a variety of instruments, books and music from a number of musicians, and an exploration of the variety of ways people have listened to music throughout history—radios, records, and cassette tapes. Children explore making music through singing, microphones, and mixing boards.
Butterfly Study
Throughout this study, children learn about various insects, birds, and mammals that contribute to our ecosystem by pollinating plants and flowers. Some of the hands-on learning includes: sketching and drawing various pollinators with different art mediums, dressing up as bees with scarves and glasses, investigating real specimens, exploring the sounds of hummingbird and orioles, building insects with loose parts, and sorting games.
Potions Study
Stirring, mixing, transforming, and discovering! This is what our Potion Study is all about. We create colors, grind spices, and make many scientific predictions and observations about the reactions taking place.
Performance and Theatre
Performance and Theatre is the focus of this incredible Wonder Lab study! Children are involved in creating their own stories and songs, building the stage, designing costumes, running lights and music and even taking tickets and helping everyone to their seat. This truly is a group effort and enjoyed by all.
Simple Machines
The world is full of SIMPLE MACHINES! We explore pulleys, levers, screws, wedges, wheels and more. Children experiment with moving things using these items and finding them in our everyday life.
Hands-On STEAM Learning, Inspired by Nature
At Kinderberry Hill, our Reggio Emilia-inspired curriculum naturally supports STEAM learning—Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math—through hands-on, inquiry-based experiences. The Wonder Lab brings this approach outdoors, offering children opportunities to observe nature, build structures, experiment with materials, create art from natural elements, and ask big questions. By encouraging curiosity and exploration, the Wonder Lab becomes a living classroom where children make real-world connections across STEAM disciplines.
Frequently Asked Questions
Will my child experience Wonder Lab at every age?
Absolutely! Wonder Lab is carefully tailored to the developmental needs of Preschool (Intermediate) and Pre‑Kindergarten children, ensuring every child enjoys STEAM Wonder Lab experiences all year long.
Will my child learn important skills in Wonder Lab?
Absolutely. While children are “just playing,” they’re also developing key skills in language, math, science, collaboration, and problem-solving—laying a strong foundation for kindergarten and beyond.
How does Wonder Lab connect to Kinderberry Hill’s curriculum?
Wonder Lab extends Kinderberry Hill’s Reggio Emilia-inspired curriculum into the outdoors, where children engage in meaningful, hands-on exploration. It supports child-led learning, encouraging children to ask questions, investigate, and express their ideas through real-world experiences that complement what they’re learning inside the classroom.
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Note: For your convenience and planning purposes, our tours typically last 30 minutes.
For your convenience and planning purposes, our tours typically last 30 minutes. Not seeing a time that works for you? Request a phone call
from our team.