Connection Builders
STEM, Teamwork & Collaborative Problem-Solving
Now enrolling for Fall 2026
Connection Builders is a hands-on STEM and teamwork class where students build, experiment, create, move, and solve problems together, from engineering structures and marble runs to simple science experiments and collaborative projects.
What Your Child Will Practice
Hands-On STEM
Planning and completing STEM challenges and exploring basic engineering and scientific concepts.
Predict, Test, Revise
Making predictions, testing ideas, observing outcomes, and revising plans when something doesn’t work.
Teamwork & Roles
Working with a partner or small team, sharing materials and responsibilities, and building on each other’s ideas.
Communication
Communicating ideas, observations, and discoveries, and asking questions and requesting clarification.
Persistence & Flexibility
Practicing flexible thinking when plans change and persisting through challenges and learning from mistakes.
Self-Awareness & Strengths
Recognizing emotions and energy levels, identifying individual strengths within a team, and celebrating shared wins.
About Connection Builders
Connection Builders pairs the excitement of building and experimenting with the skills of working well together. Each week brings engaging challenges: engineering structures, marble runs and catapults, science experiments, obstacle courses, and collaborative builds.
Designed by experienced child-development instructors, the curriculum brings a practical, play-based perspective to teamwork and problem-solving. Students experiment, make mistakes, revise plans, share discoveries, contribute their strengths, and enjoy the satisfaction of creating something together.
Educational focus: STEM, engineering design, scientific inquiry, executive functioning, communication, teamwork, collaborative problem-solving, flexible thinking, planning, and creativity.STEM, engineering design, scientific inquiry, executive functioning, social-emotional learning, communication, teamwork, collaborative problem-solving, self-awareness, self-advocacy, flexible thinking, planning, and creative thinking.
Program Details & Enrollment
Program Details
Minimum 3 to open the class
Enroll
10-week Fall 2026 term. No materials fees.
Register below to enroll. At checkout, choose direct pay or charter funds. Paying directly? Full payment is required when you register, which confirms your child’s seat.
Using charter funds? We’re glad to work with your charter. Ask your Education Specialist or Facilitator to issue a Purchase Order or Enrichment Certificate to Tumble N’ Dots for this program and its dates, and send it to hello@TumbleNDots.com. No payment is needed from your family; we bill your charter for the full program cost. Your child’s seat is confirmed once we receive the Purchase Order. Please confirm we are an approved vendor with your charter before you register.
Registration and refunds
Each term is registered separately. Families paying directly receive a 90% refund for cancellations made more than 7 days before the start date. There is no refund for cancellations made 7 or fewer days before the start date, or after the program begins. Charter-funded families pay nothing and are billed through their charter.
Charter school families
We welcome charter school and homeschool families using instructional funds. There is no cost to your family for charter-funded enrollment; we bill your charter for the full program cost and send itemized monthly invoices. Our programs are nonsectarian and open to every student, and we can provide a Certificate of Liability Insurance and W-9 on request.
Ask your Education Specialist or Facilitator to approve Tumble N’ Dots as a vendor and issue a Purchase Order or Enrichment Certificate to hello@TumbleNDots.com. Full charter details are on our Home Schooling Enrichment page. Vendor approval, use of instructional funds, academic credit, course placement, and PE fulfillment are determined by your charter school.
Educational Enrichment Program Notice
Tumble ’N Dots Educational Enrichment Programs are supplemental group learning programs, separate from our clinical occupational therapy services. They do not include diagnosis, determination of medical necessity, individualized occupational therapy evaluation or plans of care, clinical treatment goals, healthcare progress notes, insurance billing, or superbills.
Within group instruction, instructors may use visual supports, modeling, activity modifications, and other strategies to improve access to the curriculum. These are educational supports within the group program, not individualized occupational therapy treatment. If a student may benefit from clinical occupational therapy, those services are offered separately and require a separate clinical intake.