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Imagination Station

Spark curiosity through
play-based learning

Immersive role-play turns learning into an interactive experience, helping children build practical skills and creative problem-solving.

Watching: Imagination Station

Ages
Grades TK-2
Format
Enrichment Instructional Day
Delivery
Direct Service Teacher Training
Curriculum
5 Programs
Choose your world

Five worlds.
Five ways to learn by doing.

Dino Dig • Ocean Explorers • Robot Factory • Space Station • Weather Station

STEAM Squad

Young scientists at play — robotics, space, geology, weather, and the deep sea.

Farm • Marine Hospital • Wildlife Centre • Reptile Zoo • Vet Clinic

Critter Care

Tiny vets. Big hearts. Pet clinics, wildlife rescue, and the ocean ward.

Castle Creators • City Builders • Construction Crew • Garden Grove • Ultimate Hero World

Building Buddies

Small hands, big blueprints — castles, skylines, capes, and real brick walls.

Coach • Mechanic • Paramedic • Firefighter • Package Pros

Community Heroes

Paramedics, coaches, mail carriers, firefighters, mechanics. The helpers kids already are.

Farmers Market Booth • Food Truck Fun Ruff and Fluff Spa • Fun Factory Sweet Success Stand

Start Up Stars

Tiny founders. Huge ideas. Bakeries, pet spas, fun parks, markets, food trucks.

The DREAMS method

Six stations. Every adventure.

Every Imagination Station adventure runs on the same proven rotation — six station types that cycle small hands and curious minds through a full learning arc. Kids always know what to expect. Facilitators always know what comes next.

Discover· Read· Explore· Act· Make· Search

Discover

A whole-group hook — launch video, prop reveal, or kickoff question — that sets the scene for the whole adventure.

Read

A story corner that seeds the week's vocabulary and gives the room a calm, cozy anchor between rotations.

Explore

Open-ended tactile play — sensory bins, experiments, loose parts — where curiosity takes the lead.

Act

Costumes, props, and scripts turn every adventure into immersive role-play. This is where identity clicks into place.

Make

Build, craft, or create something real — a badge, a crown, a forecast, a food truck — that kids carry home at the end of the day.

Search

A sensory-bin hunt or clue-driven mission. Turns attention into detective work and movement into meaning.

Structured pretend play.
Delivered to Your Campus.

Your students get an immersive, role-play learning environment.
Staffed by our team or powered by yours.

Kits

Every pathway in Imagination Station comes with a complete kit for implementation

  • 5 adventures per pathway
    (90 mins per adventure)

  • 6 immersive activities per adventure

  • Program materials

  • Hands-on manipulatives

  • Digital resources

Standards Aligned

The entire Imagination Station suite is designed with standards in mind

  • Common Core State Standards (CCSS)

  • Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)

  • International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)

  • Social and Emotional Learning (SEL)

ADA Recoverable

Earn Attendance Recovery funds with our compliant program

  • Every 4 hours is 1 day recovered

  • Up to $760 per student recovered

  • SB-153 compliant

  • Minimal district workload

How Imagination Station works

A kit. A playbook.
Twenty minutes to launch.

Step one

Unbox the Adventure.

Every adventure arrives as a complete kit — an Adventure Box, a Base Box, printable activity mats, and a facilitator playbook. No prep. No mystery. Just open and set up.

Step two

Play the launch video.

A short, seamless, kid-friendly launch video sets the scene for every adventure — so kids arrive already in character, already curious, already ready to go.

Step three

Kids lead. You guide.

Six DREAMS stations per adventure keep small hands busy and curious minds moving. Your team facilitates — the adventure runs itself.

Watch Imagination Station in action!

At John Reith Elementary School

Imagination Station Overview

Staffed.
Managed.
On-Site

Everything you need to bring immersive, role-play enrichment to your site in one complete system.

  • Fully Managed Solution

  • Structured, Play-Based Curriculum

  • Immersive Classroom Materials

What's Included

Enrichment Instructors

Recruited, trained, and managed by Work ED at a 10:1 student-to-staff ratio. On-site every session.

Program Coordination

Manages scheduling, materials, and logistics across your sites. The operational layer you don’t have to build.

Curriculum & Materials

Standards aligned, role-play-based curriculum across all Imagination Station programs with all lesson plans, props, costumes, and materials.

Adventure Gear

Students take away one immersive item everyday to take home and share their adventure with their family.

Scheduling & Compliance

Work ED builds program blocks that fit your after-school or intersession schedule. Pre-built reports aligned to ELOP, ASES, and 21st CCLC requirements.

One Live Demo. Every Question Answered.

One session is all it takes. We run a live demonstration on your campus or host your team at an active site, so you can see structured, immersive enrichment the way students actually experience it.

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