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School Holidays at Ignite The Mind is a great way to keep your kids learning! We do educational enrichment all day in a structured, age-appropriate and fun way to help kids feel confident and excited about what they are learning. We offer creative projects in the arts, such as painting, drawing, ceramics and other crafts and games to improve thinking, timing and athletic skills. The day will be full of fun ways to get caught up in these skills and accelerate skills beyond current grade levels, as well as have some fun with the arts. There will also be time allotted to get all homework completed with the support of licensed teachers so that all students can have a worry-free weekend! Bring a water bottle, snack and lunch. Bring a water bottle, snack and lunch (we cannot provide food to students). -
The All Day STEAM Camps give students the opportunity to attend both the morning and afternoon camps. Mornings start at 8:00 a.m. and end at 12:00. We will have your child eat a packed lunch brought from home with us between 12:00 and 1:00, supervised free time. The afternoon sessions start at 1:00 p.m. and end at 5:00 p.m. For the All Day STEAM Camp, you will receive a reduction in the rate of signing up for two camps. Camps are generally for children 7 and older. If you need to drop your child off earlier than 8 or pick them up later than 5, please let us know your needs! We've decided to also offer a camp for our younger kiddoes (3 to 6) the weeks of June 23-27 and July 28-August 1st, 2025 -
School Holidays at Ignite The Mind is a great way to keep your kids learning! We do educational enrichment all day in a structured, age-appropriate and fun way to help kids feel confident and excited about what they are learning. We offer creative projects in the arts, such as painting, drawing, ceramics and other crafts and games to improve thinking, timing and athletic skills. The day will be full of fun ways to get caught up in these skills and accelerate skills beyond current grade levels, as well as have some fun with the arts. There will also be time allotted to get all homework completed with the support of licensed teachers so that all students can have a worry-free weekend! Bring a water bottle, snack and lunch.
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Most students are either behind or struggling in Math throughout the country due to pandemic. If this is the case for your child, this is what you need. We have designed these classes to both develop confidence and build standards-based skills using unique strategies, particularly for our kinetic and visual learners. If you are interested in advancing your child beyond grade-level math, we can help with that too. Michelle will provide tutoring for these sessions. We can offer both in person and virtual classes, depending upon your needs. -
Our little kids' discovery camps are generally for ages 3 to 6 years old and are all STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) based. The morning sessions are more about the arts and the afternoon sessions are about the science, math, technology and engineering. Each day, students will go home with something that they created, such as a drawing, a piece of pottery, jewelry, model of a rocket, the building they made, the plants they transplanted and so much more. Here, you can choose either a morning option (8-12), an afternoon option (1-5) or a full day option (8-5). If you need to drop off earlier or pick up later, please just let us know. -
Photography is a way to capture a memory, a moment in time forever frozen. In this camp, students will learn how to enhance the beauty of a moment, draw the eye to a specific point, adjust the way the camera captures light, focus on an object, and how to edit photos to change the story the photo tells. We will work with a whole array of styles such as portrait, landscape, cityscape, architecture, and object focus. Along with that we will learn to see the world from a different view to find the beauty in the ordinary world. -
In this class we will learn different techniques of painting and drawing. We will learn what types of paint to use to create different pieces as well as what levels of graphite to use to achieve various styles of drawings. We will work with recreating objects realistically and abstractly using color theory. Students will be able to work alone or with another student to expand their knowledge and skills. -
Chemistry is so challenging, but is truly the most interesting STEM topic once students understand and feel confident with it. Michelle will support these sessions, as she has taught General Chemistry, Honors Chemisty, IB Chemistry and has a Bachelor's degree in Biomedical Science from the College of Veterinary Medicine. These sessions will answer questions from your classes, help you with writing quality answers to questions as well as doing the math involved, which can be extensive. We will provide homework help to get that done early in the weekend so that you can have fun the rest of it. Challenging Chemistry concepts include stoichiometry, period table trends, electron orbitals, ionization, chemical equations, energy, light, atomic models, etc. and much more. You can get the support you need either in person or virtually, depending on your needs and location. -
In astronomy camp, kids will learn details about our solar system and our galaxy. We’ll talk with Astrobiologists about their research to find life on other planets. We’ll figure out ways to get humans from Earth to Mars, and how we can sustain life there, which involves some chemistry. Students will learn how a telescope works. They will build one of two different types of simple telescopes—an astronomical and a terrestrial telescope—each with a magnification of 5X. They then experiment with the different telescope designs and determine how the lens combination in each telescope works to magnify an object’s image. At the end of the week, students can take their telescope home so that they can look at the stars. -
Most students are either behind or struggling in Math throughout the country due to pandemic. If this is the case for your child, this is what you need. We have designed these classes to both develop confidence and build standards-based skills using unique strategies, particularly for our kinetic and visual learners. If you want your child to excel beyond grade level, we can support that work as well. We can offer both in person and virtual classes, depending upon your needs.
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We are so excited to add this new art class where students will learn the art of soap making, create different soaps to take home to use, sell or give as gifts. Half of our time will be spent on soaps and the other half will be candle making, which is much more complex than we might think. We'll start with hot candle making, then develop new soaps using cold press and then make melted was candles. Students will decide on different designs, shapes, fragrances and colors. All of their creations will be sent home with students at the end of the week. -
Ignite The Mind is now offering our venue for birthday parties! There are three options: you may just rent out our space per hour, have us also provide a fun STEAM activity per your theme, or choose an all-in option, where all you do is make the decisions, and we do everything for you. You must sign up and pay for your party to reserve a space/time. While we will do everything we can to make sure you can use our space during the date/time you want, we cannot guarantee it if it is already reserved. If we cannot agree on a time/date, we will refund 95% of your fee (5% being held for credit card fees that we pay). -
20% off this course when you sign up by September 10th. Use code: PREP20Michelle is providing this instruction. She went through many hours of training with Princeton Review to be able to offer effective and comprehensive instruction on this important gateway exam. She's taught this course to individuals and school-wide while teaching in Denver, so is highly qualified to instruct your child to do their best.If your school is moving to a digital test, the test will be different this year. Our class includes a pretest to determine baseline with specific strategies to maximize scores, test-taking strategies that statistically work, English grammar/common misconceptions, Reading Science/Social Studies text strategies that work, Math test strategies and content practice drills, post test to see growth and areas where students can study concepts for understanding outside of class.Office Hours available after classes for students to get more individual attention. -
Does your child need some indivual, one-on-one attendion to get organized, caught-up, homework help and highly impactful STEM tutoring? This is the option for you! This Colorado licensed teacher in STEM can really help! Location: 11485 Old Hwy 285 Frontage Road, Conifer CO 80433 OR Virtually via Google Meet When: Call (720-466-0152) or email (michelle@ignitethemind.net) us to schedule a session that works with your schedule Starts: September 25, 2023 and available throughout the school year and summerWe do have some grant money available for low-income families to use to supliment up to 80% of their tutoring costs, pending availability and proof of need.
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This class is for any student generally in grades 2 and 3 who wants to learn physical, life or Earth sciences from a licensed teacher who knows all of the cool things these subjects offer, as well as how to teach them to make them really fun and engaging. We will ensure that all student learn, practice and use CAS (Colorado Academic Standards) in science and math. Students will choose a particular phenomenon of interest which covers a great deal of the requirements of the Colorado Academic Standards and the Next Generation Science Standards.- We'll start with Physical Science, discovering the unique properties of solids and liquids, and understand common properties, forms, and changes in matter and energy.
- Then, we'll explore Life Science how offspring of different animals have characteristics that are similar to but not exactly like their parents’ characteristics and how an organism is a living thing that has physical characteristics to help it survive
- Lastly, we'll look at Earth Systems and how Earth’s materials can be compared and classified based on their properties, as well as discover the processes and interactions of Earth's systems and the structure and dynamics of Earth and other objects in space
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This class will excite kids who want to figure out how stuff works, build it and redesign it to make it even better. The design challenges are generally related to engineering designs, but can also be chemical, biological or mechanical. Students will decide on their design challenge and then construct their “machine” by mid-week. Then, they will test and redesign their project before taking it home. -
Pottery is a physical form of art. We will be working with self-drying clay to make things such as plates, bowls, mugs, jewelry holders, and anything else the students can imagine. We will be learning about different techniques such as throwing clay, pinching, slipping, coiling and glazing. At the end of the week, students will be able to take their pieces home along with the ability to use their knowledge to make more pieces on their own. -
Want to move forward in your career or have always wanted to get your high school diploma? This is the class for you! It is for adults who did not receive a high school diploma or high school students looking for another way to graduate. We will provide specific support for the GED and HiSET exams, including practice tests and individual areas of need to pass the test. We will help you sign up for the test, and support you throughout the process even after our formal sessions are completed. -
Biology is all about the language of science, what things are called and how they work. We offer individual or group 1-hour sessions to help you child achieve their highest grade possible, and more importantly, to help them believe in their abilities to understand something challenging. They become leaders in their classes, helping others understand ecology, ecosystems, evolution, genetics, physiology, molecular biology and more. Tutoring for high school students is can be done individually or in small groups. Michelle will lead these session, as she has taught Biology, IB Biology and has a Bachelor's degree in Biomedical Science. We will answer questions from your classes, help you with writing quality answers to questions as well as doing the math involved. We will provide homework help to get that done early in the weekend so that you can have fun the rest of it. This class can be done in person or virtually, depending on your needs and location. -
Most students are either behind or struggling in Math throughout the country due to pandemic. If this is the case for your child, this is what you need. We have designed these classes to both develop confidence and build standards-based skills using unique strategies, particularly for our kinetic and visual learners. If you are interested in advancing your child beyond grade-level math, we can help with that too. Michelle will provide tutoring for these sessions. We can offer both in person and virtual classes, depending upon your needs.
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20% off this course when you sign up by August 31st. Use code: PREP20Michelle is providing this instruction. She has taught both IB Biology and IB Chemistry for many years in Denver, so she knows the content, the test, the strategies for taking the test and is more than highly qualified to instruct your child to do their best.Passing the IB or AP Biology test can provide college credit, a financial savings of thousand of dollars, and a time savings of hundreds of hours. This class includes a pretest to determine baseline with specific strategies to maximize scores, and test-taking strategies that statistically work. We will focus on Biology concepts that are often challenging for students, including chemistry of macromolecules, cells and how they communicate, change and multiply, heredity, gene expression, evolution and ecology. We will offer in-person classes in Conifer, CO, and can be taken virtually based on your needs and location.Office Hours available after classes for students to get more individual attention. -
20% off this course if you sign up by August 31st. Use code: PREP20Michelle is providing this instruction. She has taught both IB Biology and IB Chemistry for many years in Denver, so she knows the content, the test, the strategies for taking the test and is more than highly qualified to instruct your child to do their best.Passing the IB or AP Chemistry test can provide college credit, a financial savings of thousands of dollars, and a time savings of hundreds of hours. This class includes a pretest to determine baseline with specific strategies to maximize scores, and test-taking strategies that statistically work. We will focus on Chemistry concepts that are often challenging for students, including stoichiometry, kinetics, pH, thermodynamics, organic and more . We will offer in-person classes in Conifer, CO, and can be taken virtually based on your needs and location.Office Hours available after classes for students to get more individual attention. -
20% off this course when you sign up by September 10th. Use code: PREP20Michelle is providing this instruction. She went through many hours of training with Princeton Review to be able to offer effective and comprehensive instruction to score highest scores on this important gateway exam. She's taught this course to individuals and school-wide while teaching in Denver, so is highly qualified to instruct your child to do their best.Our class includes a pretest to determine baseline with specific strategies to maximize scores, test-taking strategies that statistically work, English grammar/common misconceptions, Reading Science/Social Studies text strategies that work, Math test strategies and content practice drills, post test to see growth and areas where students can study concepts for understanding outside of class.Office Hours available after classes for students to get more individual attention.
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This year, we've added robotics to our camps. Robotics is the wave of the future. We'll learn about the engineering involved in building machines that move on their own. We'll build a solar space rover or design and build our own robot so the kids can take it home and play with it forever! -
This 10-week course is for individual schools (within DPS, Jeffco, Platte Canyon or Douglas Counties) to support study skills and test prep for SAT/PSAT. It includes one or two class periods per week at the school as well as all materials and 1:1 support for students who want extra help. For the Fall 2023 semester and the Spring 2024 semester, we will be following the schedule below. Week #1- SAT/PSAT Prep - Overview - importance of doing your best, all about the test (time per section, what it is assessing, etc.) Week #2 - SAT/PSAT Prep - Reading test strategies and practice Week #3 - SAT/PSAT Prep - English test strategies and practice, common misconceptions Week #4 - SAT/PSAT Prep - Math test strategies and practice Week #5 - SAT/PSAT Prep - Review strategies and improvements in scores, next steps and ways to study (Khan and College Board) Week #6 - Study Skills - Goal Setting, Importance of Doing our Best, and Getting Organized Week #7 - Study Skills - Focus and Concentration in Class Week #8 - Study Skills - Completing Assignments and Time Management Week #9 - Study Skills - Note Taking Skills / Reviewing Notes Daily Week #10 - Study Skills - Reviewing Goals, , Review importance, What’s working and what else is needed to improve -
This class is for any high school student who wants to learn chemistry and physics from a licensed secondary education teacher who knows all of the cool things these subjects offer, as well as how to teach them to make them really fun and engaging. We can even apply grades to the student's work to report on transcripts if that is requested. If you are signing up 2 or more children from the same household, please use code MK10 (multiple kids) for a 10% discount! If the cost of this class is a barrier, scholarship funds are available for low-income families. Please contact us for details. Students will choose a particular phenomenon of interest which covers a great deal of the requirements of the Colorado Academic Standards and the Next Generation Science Standards. High school Physical Science covers both Chemistry and Physics.- Newton’s laws of motion and gravitation describe the relationships among forces acting on and between objects, their masses, and changes in their motion – but have limitations.
- Matter has definite structure that determines characteristic physical and chemical properties
- Matter can change form through chemical or nuclear reactions abiding by the laws of conservation of mass and energy
- Atoms bond in different ways to form molecules and compounds that have definite properties
- Energy exists in many forms such as mechanical, chemical, electrical, radiant, thermal, and nuclear, that can be quantified and experimentally determined
- When energy changes form, it is neither created not destroyed; however, because some is necessarily lost as heat, the amount of energy available to do work decreases
We do have some grant money available for low-income families to use to supplement up to 80% of their tutoring costs, pending availability and proof of need.
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This class is for any high school student who wants to learn biology from a licensed secondary education teacher who knows all of the cool things these subjects offer, as well as how to teach them to make them really fun and engaging. We can even apply grades to the student's work to report on transcripts if that is requested. Students will choose a particular phenomenon of interest which covers a great deal of the requirements of the Colorado Academic Standards and the Next Generation Science Standards. High school Life Science covers Biology.- Matter tends to be cycled within an ecosystem, while energy is transformed and eventually exits an ecosystem
- The size and persistence of populations depend on their interactions with each other and on the abiotic factors in an ecosystem
- Cellular metabolic activities are carried out by biomolecules produced by organisms
- The energy for life primarily derives from the interrelated processes of photosynthesis and cellular respiration. Photosynthesis transforms the sun’s light energy into the chemical energy of molecular bonds. Cellular respiration allows cells to utilize chemical energy when these bonds are broken.
- Cells use the passive and active transport of substances across membranes to maintain relatively stable intracellular environments
- Cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems maintain relatively stable internal environments, even in the face of changing external environments
- Physical and behavioral characteristics of an organism are influenced to varying degrees by heritable genes, many of which encode instructions for the production of proteins
- Multicellularity makes possible a division of labor at the cellular level through the expression of select genes, but not the entire genome
- Evolution occurs as the heritable characteristics of populations change across generations and can lead populations to become better adapted to their environment
We do have some grant money available for low-income families to use to supplement up to 80% of their tutoring costs, pending availability and proof of need.
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This class is for any high school student who wants to learn Earth Science (geology, astronomy, natural hazards) from a licensed secondary education teacher who knows all of the cool things these subjects offer, as well as how to teach them to make them really fun and engaging. We can even apply grades to the student's work to report on transcripts if that is requested. Students will choose a particular phenomenon of interest which covers a great deal of the requirements of the Colorado Academic Standards and the Next Generation Science Standards. High school Earth science covers the processes and interactions of Earth's systems and the structure and dynamics of Earth and other objects in space. This includes:- The history of the universe, solar system and Earth. As part of the solar system, Earth interacts with various extraterrestrial forces and energies such as gravity, solar phenomena, electromagnetic radiation, and impact events that influence the planet’s geosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere in a variety of ways.
- The theory of plate tectonics helps to explain geological, physical, and geographical features of Earth.
- Climate is the result of energy transfer among interactions of the atmosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere, and biosphere.
- There are costs, benefits, and consequences of exploration, development, and consumption of renewable and nonrenewable resources.
- The interaction of Earth's surface with water, air, gravity, and biological activity causes physical and chemical changes
- Natural hazards have local, national and global impacts such as volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, and thunderstorms.
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This class is for any middle school student who wants to learn physics, life or Earth sciences from a licensed secondary education teacher who knows all of the cool things these subjects offer, as well as how to teach them to make them really fun and engaging. We can even apply grades to the student's work to report on transcripts if that is requested. For the middle school standards, we'll choose one topic from each of the three sciences, or pick one of these sciences and dive deeply into its specifics. We will use or develop a phenomenon-based study using student questions to drive our investigations. Physical Science: Matter, atoms, density, waves (sound, electromagnetic, seismic) Life Science: Environments, habitats, populations, survival, ecosystems, human activities which are impacting these ecosystems, genes and traits Earth Systems Science: Volcanoes, weather, solar system, seasons, Moon phases -
This class is for any student generally in grades 4 and 5 who wants to learn physical, life or Earth sciences from a licensed secondary education teacher who knows all of the cool things these subjects offer, as well as how to teach them to make them really fun and engaging. We can even apply grades to the student's work to report on transcripts if that is requested. Students will choose a particular phenomenon of interest which covers a great deal of the requirements of the Colorado Academic Standards and the Next Generation Science Standards.- We'll start with Physical Science, where Energy comes in many forms such as light, heat, sound, magnetic, chemical, and electrical Earth is part of the solar system, which includes the Sun, Moon, and other bodies that orbit the Sun in predictable patterns that lead to observable paths of objects in the sky as seen from Earth
- Then, we'll explore Life Science where all living things share similar characteristics, but they also have differences that can be described and classified. We'll also compare fossils to each other or to living organisms, which reveals features of prehistoric environments and provides information about organisms today.
- Lastly, we'll look at Earth Systems where Earth is part of the solar system, which includes the Sun, Moon, and other bodies that orbit the Sun in predictable patterns that lead to observable paths of objects in the sky as seen from Earth.
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Veterinary medicine is an incredibly popular science for young people. It is also pretty challenging, as the patients veterinarians treat cannot tell them what hurts or how they feel. In this camp, students will learn about hematology (study of blood), parasitology (common skin, fecal and blood parasites) and microbiology (microscopic organisms which cause diseases). They will do case studies on small and large animal diagnosis of diseases based on symptoms and winners of the case-study contests will win prizes. They will also practice dissection, identifying muscle tissue, veins, arteries, bones and skin. Lastly, they will practice suturing techniques. Their drawings and case studies will be added to their notebook to use as a reference for their future studies. -
Plants are the foundation of our survival, as a food source for us and for the animals we can eat, and as medicines to reduce pain, calm nerves, reduce inflammation, soothe a sunburn, and many more. Some plants can also cause severe health issues to humans and our pets. Students will build a medicinal plant book, include pictures or pressed specimens, identify their common and scientific names as well as their uses to heal or harm. At the end of the week, they get to keep their book, and hopefully add to it. -
Jewelry Making: We will choose two kinds of jewelry to make, based on student choice (metal/wire, bead, macrame, leather, natural fibers, stone, glass, clay). Students will design their own creation and learn techniques for making their design). By the end of the week, students will have either something to wear or something to gift of their own creation. -
20% off this course when you sign up by August 31st. Use code: PREP20Michelle is providing this instruction. She has taught both IB Biology and IB Chemistry for many years in Denver, so she knows the content, the test, the strategies for taking the test and is more than highly qualified to instruct your child to do their best.Passing the IB or AP Biology test can provide college credit, a financial savings of thousand of dollars, and a time savings of hundreds of hours. This class includes a pretest to determine baseline with specific strategies to maximize scores, and test-taking strategies that statistically work. We will focus on Biology concepts that are often challenging for students, including chemistry of macromolecules, cells and how they communicate, change and multiply, heredity, gene expression, evolution and ecology. We will offer in-person classes in Conifer, CO, and can be taken virtually based on your needs and location.Office Hours available after classes for students to get more individual attention.
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20% off this course if you sign up by August 31st. Use code: PREP20Michelle is providing this instruction. She has taught both IB Biology and IB Chemistry for many years in Denver, so she knows the content, the test, the strategies for taking the test and is more than highly qualified to instruct your child to do their best.Passing the IB or AP Chemistry test can provide college credit, a financial savings of thousands of dollars, and a time savings of hundreds of hours. This class includes a pretest to determine baseline with specific strategies to maximize scores, and test-taking strategies that statistically work. We will focus on Chemistry concepts that are often challenging for students, including stoichiometry, kinetics, pH, thermodynamics, organic and more . We will offer in-person classes in Conifer, CO, and can be taken virtually based on your needs and location.Office Hours available after classes for students to get more individual attention.
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Biology tutoring for college, IB or AP students will help students achieve understanding and build confidence in their college-level coursework. Michelle will lead these session as she has taught IB Biology and has a Bachelor's degree in Biomedical Science. We will answer questions from your classes, help you with writing quality answers to questions as well as doing the math involved. We will provide homework help to get that done early in the weekend so that you can have fun the rest of it. We will be sure to cover challenging topics for Biology students, which include micro (molecular, genetic, cellular respiration, active and passive transport, etc.) and macro (ecosystems, evolution, biodiversity, photosynthesis, etc.) biology topics needed to ace your class. you can receive support either in person or virtually, depending on your needs and location.
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