Our Story

As a school director, there was one thing that used to drive me crazy.

Our school-age program was the most underserved part of our entire school.

And I’m not saying that lightly.

We would pour into our Pre-K programs. Structured. Intentional. Beautiful classrooms.

Then those same kids would age out of our early learning programs, go off to elementary school...and come right back to us every afternoon in our school age program.

Because families still need care for their school aged children. That didn’t change.

But what we were offering them? Our core programs were designed for early learners. School-age became… an add-on. A revenue builder. A place to put them for a few hours.

And every tour I went on, every competitive school I walked through…It all looked the same. Ours included.

Blocks. Art. Smaller Legos. Outside time. Snack. Homework help.

Those that had a really good program, maybe had a video game station or a foosball table.

And if you were lucky enough to have amazing teachers for this age group, they were working hard trying to come up with fun activities to keep the kids engaged.

But let’s be honest…It was still just filling time.

And I saw the impact of that on the children every single day.

More behavior issues.
More arguments.
More “he said, she said.”

The tattling? Easily up 1000% in this age group.

Trying to manage that classroom felt like we needed a full strategy meeting just to get through the afternoon.

Like… who needs to be separated today? Who can’t sit near each other? Who’s about to lose it at snack time?

It was exhausting.

And summer? Same situation… just all day long.

Then one night, I’m sitting at home watching a show on Food Network, Chopped Junior.

And these kids…7, 8, 9, 10+ years old, are in a full blown cooking competition.

Like… not pretend cooking. Not cute little snacks.

Real meals. Under pressure. With judges.

And they were GOOD.

I just sat there like…hold on.

Somebody taught them how to do this!!

That part really impacted me. Because those kids didn’t just “figure it out.”

Someone gave them:

The skills.

The environment.

The opportunity.

To actually develop something.

So naturally, I went down the rabbit hole. I started looking for programs like that for our kids.

Something structured. Something meaningful. Something beyond just “activities.”

And what I found was…

If parents wanted that level of enrichment for their children, they had to go outside of a school environment and pay for it.

Cooking classes in shopping centers. Specialty sports programs. Private lessons. Expensive.

So the kids whose families could afford it… got access.

And the rest? Didn’t.

And that did not sit right with me.

Because I knew what I was seeing every day.

These kids had energy.
They had ideas.
They had personality.

They just didn’t have an outlet that matched them.

So I kept looking for a curriculum. Something specifically for school-age children. Something structured but fun. Something I could actually hand to my team and say, “Here, run this.”

Nothing.

That’s when it hit me. This isn’t missing by accident. It just hasn’t been built yet.

So I built it.

The Experience Method™ came from that exact problem. Not because I wanted to create “another curriculum.” But because I was tired of watching school-age programs be an afterthought.

These learners don’t need more activities.

They need something that actually challenges them. Engages them. Builds something in them.

And once we started developing this kind of structure…

Everything changed. And that's how The Experience Method™ was born.