Fall at Lincoln Elementary
August 24 – November 30

Discover More Before & After School

At 1000 Watts Sports, we’re proud to offer families at Lincoln Elementary a flexible after-school experience that combines quality care with exciting enrichment opportunities. Whether your child needs before school care, after school care, or wants to explore a new interest, we have a program designed to fit your family’s schedule.

  • Before School Care

Start the day with a safe, welcoming environment before the school bell rings. Students enjoy supervised activities, games, crafts, reading, and free play while getting ready for the school day.

Program Hours:
7:00 AM – 8:45 AM

  • After School Care

Our after school program provides a fun, engaging environment where students can unwind, complete homework, participate in games and activities, and spend time with friends under the supervision of our experienced staff.

Program Hours: 3:45 PM – 6:00 PM

Full Fall Season Enrollment

Enroll for the full fall season with the convenience of automatic monthly payments, so you don’t have to remember to register each month. Choose 1 to 5 days per week for Before School Care, After School Care, or both, and keep the same schedule throughout the season.

Monthly Enrollment

Need care for just one month during Fall season? You can register for just the month(s) you need.

Drop-In Care

Need care once in a while? Our drop-in option lets you reserve individual days for Before School Care or After School Care when your schedule changes.

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Specialty Programs

Registration Opens on Wed, August 5 at 10 AM.

Give your child the chance to discover new interests with our weekly specialty programs taught by trusted community partners. From 4 PM – 5 PM.

Monday Programs

Mondays feature a variety of performing arts, STEM, sports, and creative opportunities.

Kindergarten – Grade 2

  • Musical Theater – Porchlight Music Theatre

Make Your Own Musical! Students in this after school class will create their own musical from start to finish! Along the way they learn theatre basics, play lots of games, create props and costume pieces, and collaborate on a final performance for family and friends.

  • Camp Games – Hot Shot Sports

Join us for a fun-filled class featuring a variety of exciting games— both classic and innovative. From traditional favorites like relay races and obstacle courses to unique challenges inspired by different sports, there’s something for everyone. This class is a perfect way to stay active, make new friends, and have a great time.

Grades 3 – 5

  • Bollywood Dance – Kalapriya

Get your child moving with the energy, creativity, and excitement of Bollywood dance! In this fun and welcoming after-school program, students will learn upbeat choreography inspired by the colorful dance traditions of Indian cinema while building coordination, confidence, teamwork, and musicality. No prior dance experience is required—just a willingness to move, have fun, and explore a vibrant cultural art form in a supportive environment.

  • Robotics – Brooklyn Robot Foundry

With Brooklyn Robot Foundry, every child builds a real working robot and takes it home the same day!  In Robot Inventors, kids take on open-ended engineering challenges, using real motors, circuits, gears, and mechanics to make robots that draw, climb, launch, and spin! These builds leave plenty of room for trial and error, so students strengthen their problem-solving, persistence, and creative confidence as they turn their own ideas into something that actually works. Kids can follow the week’s project or take their own path entirely, and every class is completely screen-free.

  • Art – The Paintbrush

Discover and learn about a different ARTist or ART style each week through hands-on ART lessons with teachers from your favorite neighborhod ART studio, The Paintbrush. Kids will create ARTist-inspired masterpieces and more in our hands-on art classes.

Kindergarten – Grade 8

  • The Wizard of Oz – Corella Productions (1 hour and 45 minutes class)

Please note: This is not an acting class, but a comprehensive performance program that culminates in a Broadway-style production of The Wizard of Oz!

Corella Productions is a female-owned, family-run organization providing high-quality after-school performing arts education throughout the Chicagoland area and Northwestern Pennsylvania.
Now celebrating 25 years of service, Corella Productions is proud to be the longest-running after-school theatre program within Chicago Public Schools. Recognized as one of the nation’s premier youth theatre programs, Corella Productions has transformed the lives of thousands of children through the performing arts.

This year-long performance program provides comprehensive training in acting, singing, and dance while preparing students for a fully staged musical theatre production. Students will rehearse weekly throughout the entire school year as they learn and develop all aspects of The Wizard of Oz.
The program concludes with performances of The Wizard of Oz at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts (1026 N. Dearborn Street, Chicago) on May 14-16, 2027. Tickets will need to be purchased for the production by parents. Tickets are $40.

Students receive more than 70 hours of in-school training, plus approximately 30 additional hours of rehearsals at Ruth Page during the week of the show.

At Corella Productions, we don’t just create performers—we help shape confident, compassionate, and resilient young people. Through theatre, students develop skills that will benefit them both on and off the stage for years to come.

Tuesday Programs

Tuesdays encourage students to explore music, technology, culinary arts, and strategic thinking.

Kindergarten – Grade 2

  • Bucket Drumming – Music House

Bucketdrumming is a fun and approachable way to learn the basics of Music Theory, Rhythm, and Ensemble Playing! Topics of study will include how to hold drumsticks, how to play together in unison as a unit, how to follow a leader via Call & Response, how to solo/play fills, the basics of song form, and much more.

  • Cooking – Junior Chefs Kitchen

Junior Chefs Kitchen is excited to be cooking up some with the Lincoln Elementary students! Offering a unique after-school enrichment program that teaches kids life skills through cooking. Each week, students prepare a new recipe while learning nutrition, food science, kitchen safety, and culinary techniques inspired by cultures around the world. They will handle everything – from instructors and curriculum to ingredients and equipment – making it a turnkey, high-quality program that families love and schools are proud to offer.

Grades 3 – 5

  • LEGO® Tech Lab – Bricks 4 Kidz

Builders take their engineering skills to the next level by designing and building advanced LEGO® models that can be coded to include movement, sound, and light. Through hands on exploration of real world science and engineering concepts, builders strengthen planning, cognitive flexibility, and problem solving skills.

Kindergarten – Grade 5

  • Chess – Chess-Ed

Chess-Ed provides engaging and dynamic chess instruction that helps students enhance their skills and knowledge, from the basics to advanced tactics. Each week, students participate in lessons and supervised playtime with their classmates, which also aids in improving their vocabulary and math skills.

Research indicates that chess players often perform better academically, as the game boosts IQ, memory, and critical thinking abilities while teaching problem-solving, responsibility, and sportsmanship.

You will need select your student’s chess skill level – Novice, Beginner, Continued, or Advanced.

Wednesday Programs

Wednesdays combine creativity, movement, wellness, and hands-on STEM experiences.

Kindergarten – Grade 2

  • Robotics – Brooklyn Robot Foundry

With Brooklyn Robot Foundry, every child builds a real working robot and takes it home the same day! Each class starts with a short lesson on circuits, components, or another engineering fundamental, then kids get right to building a robot that lights up, drives, shakes, or makes some noise! Along the way they’re practicing real problem-solving, learning that trial and error is part of the fun and that a wobbly first try is just a step toward something awesome. The final design is always up to the builder, from the decorating to the name to the origin story, and every class is completely screen-free.

  • Art – The Paintbrush

Discover and learn about a different ARTist or ART style each week through hands-on ART lessons with teachers from your favorite neighborhod ART studio, The Paintbrush. Kids will create ARTist-inspired masterpieces and more in our hands-on art classes.

Grades 3 – 5

  • Musical Theater – Porchlight Music Theatre

Make Your Own Musical! Students in this after school class will create their own musical from start to finish! Along the way they learn theatre basics, play lots of games, create props and costume pieces, and collaborate on a final performance for family and friends.

  • Yoga Make + Move – Brain to Belly

Brain to Belly Kids Yoga (BBKY) is a mobile yoga & mindfulness company founded by educators, rooted in child development & social-emotional learning. This class consists of movement, mindfulness, and art. We move through traditional and co-created yoga sequences, as well as movement + mindfulness games. Children are guided through an art project focusing on the process rather than the product. Some art experiences might include wish stones, painting, eye pillows, etc. Each week will follow a theme and participants will leave with a tangible reminder of the learned strategies.

Thursday Programs

Thursdays offer students opportunities to stay active, create, build, cook, and express themselves through movement.

Kindergarten – Grade 2

  • LEGO® Club – Bricks 4 Kidz

Builders explore exciting STEM concepts through hands on LEGO® building challenges. Their creations include movement while encouraging creativity, problem solving, teamwork, and the development of working memory and sustained attention.

  • Yoga Make + Move – Brain to Belly

Brain to Belly Kids Yoga (BBKY) is a mobile yoga & mindfulness company founded by educators, rooted in child development & social-emotional learning. This class consists of movement, mindfulness, and art. We move through traditional and co-created yoga sequences, as well as movement + mindfulness games. Children are guided through an art project focusing on the process rather than the product. Some art experiences might include wish stones, painting, eye pillows, etc. Each week will follow a theme and participants will leave with a tangible reminder of the learned strategies.

Grades 3 – 5

  • Hip-Hop Dance – Music House

This class offers young dancers an introduction of the technique and rhythm of hip hop training. Dancers will begin each class with a guided warm up to help strengthen their bodies and increase flexibility. Hip Hop guides students through a series of foundational skills that set dancers up for more advanced learning in the future. Young dancers will learn foundational Hip Hop moves based in Chicago Footwork, Freestyle, Breaking…and much more.  By the end of the year, students will be able to recognize the beat of a song and be able to slide, bounce, pop and lock, and roll to choreography, developing an understanding of musical timing and dynamics in their body.  Hip Hop Dancers can expect to perform at least twice during the school year.

  • Cooking – Junior Chefs Kitchen

Junior Chefs Kitchen is excited to be cooking up some with the Lincoln Elementary students! We offer a unique after-school enrichment program that teaches kids life skills through cooking. Each week, students prepare a new recipe while learning nutrition, food science, kitchen safety, and culinary techniques inspired by cultures around the world. We handle everything – from instructors and curriculum to ingredients and equipment – making it a turnkey, high-quality program that families love and schools are proud to offer.

  • Total Sports – Hot Shot Sports

This enrichment program features a new sport each week. Some of the sports taught and played include basketball, floor hockey, football, kickball, soccer, and baseball. In addition, participants play many popular running and group games. Children have the opportunity to acquire new skills and develop confidence in games they have played in previous classes.

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  • Sibling Discount: A 10% sibling discount is automatically applied at checkout when registering more than one child.
  • Military & District Employees: Eligible families receive a 10% discount for Before and After School only. Please email info@1000wattssports.com with proof of military service or district employment to receive your discount before registering.
  • CCAP Update: We are currently in the application process for Child Care Assistance Program. We will notify families as soon as our application has been approved.
  • 15-Minute Late Pick Up: Available on August 17th