Stem & Enrichment Labs for Kids in Richmond, TX

Launching December 1st

Pecan Grove Academy offers hands-on STEM, robotics, coding, and math enrichment classes for students ages 5–12. Our programs focus on building real skills through guided instruction, structured projects, and problem-solving challenges in a safe, supportive environment.

Enrollment opens December 1st. Stay Tuned.

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Book a Free Trial Class!

Try one 45-minute STEM class for free — no commitment, no pressure. Available Monday–Thursday during our scheduled class times.

  • Ages: 5–12
  • Cost: Free for first-time students (1 visit every 12 months)
  • Times: 3:15, 4:10, and 5:05 classes
  • Location: Pecan Grove STEM Academy
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Meet ATOM, Our STEM Guide

He helps introduce kids to robotics, engineering, coding, and hands-on STEM challenges — encouraging curiosity, confidence, and creativity in every session.
Weekly Classes

Weekly STEM Schedule

After-school labs for students ages 5–12. Our current seasonal theme is Engineering & Building (Jan–Mar). Each daily block highlights this focus while still mixing in cross-theme stations.

Fridays include a special STEM Challenge Lab for older students. Evening Fast-Track programs (ages 7–12) run separately from standard memberships.

Ages 5–12 (Labs)
Ages 7–12 (Fast-Track)
Hands-On Projects
Badges & Certificates
3:15 – 4:00 PM · Mon–Thu

Early STEM Lab (Junior Track)

Ages 5–8 Junior badges
Core STEM Foundations

Gentle, hands-on lab for newer STEM kids and younger builders. Perfect starter block before moving into longer Core labs.

4:10 – 4:55 PM · Mon–Thu

Core STEM Lab

Ages 9–12 Core badges
Core STEM Deeper Builds

Older students take on deeper engineering and science builds with more challenge, problem-solving, and independence.

5:05 – 5:50 PM · Mon–Thu

Mixed-Age Build Lab

Ages 5–12 Junior & Core
Project Time Extra Practice

Scaled challenges for all ages working together. Younger kids get extra support while older kids take on advanced versions of the same build.

3:15 – 4:00 PM · Fridays

Friday Fun Lab (Junior)

Ages 5–8 Junior badges
Friday Fun Creative Lab

A playful Friday session with mini-builds, simple challenges, and creative projects just for younger makers.

4:10 – 5:50 PM · Fridays

Friday STEM Tournament Lab

Ages 9–12 Core badges
Team Challenges Engineering Games Robotics

High-energy weekly competitions: bridges, towers, circuits, races, coding puzzles, and more. Badge credit awarded for participation and effort.

6:00 – 7:00 PM · Mon, Wed, Fri

Fast-Track Certificate Programs

Ages 7–12 Specialty Program
Fast-Track

6-week specialty programs in Engineering, Robotics, Money Skills & Mini Entrepreneurs, Science Lab, and more. Separate registration from memberships.

6:00 – 7:00 PM · Tue & Thu

Open Build & Project Help

Ages 5–12 Included w/ Unlimited
Independent Build Time

Kids can finish longer projects, repeat favorite builds, or get 1:1 help in a relaxed build space. Great bonus time for Unlimited members.

Saturdays · 10:00–11:30 AM & 12:00–1:30 PM

Saturday Digital Media Workshops

Ages 8–12 Small Group (6 seats)
Canva Design Video Editing Digital Skills

Hands-on weekend workshops covering Canva design, video editing, layout, branding basics, and visual storytelling. Perfect for creative kids and future content creators.

Optional Typing Skills Booster available 1:30–2:00 PM. Saturday digital media workshops are a separate registration from memberships.

What’s Happening at Pecan Grove STEM Academy

Monthly Parents’ Night Out, School’s Out STEM Days, and seasonal STEM camps.

Parents’ Night Out
STEM Party Night (Monthly)
2nd Friday of every month · 6:00–8:00 PM · Ages 5–12 · $35/child
Drop them off for robots, science, games, pizza & a movie — you get a quiet evening, they get their favorite night of the month.
  • Guided STEM build challenge + open lab time.
  • Games, puzzles & STEM stations in every room.
  • Pizza, drink & snack included in the price.
Learn more about Parents’ Night Out
School’s Out & Camps
School’s Out STEM Days & Camps
School’s Out STEM Days · 9:00 AM–4:00 PM · starting at $55/day
Plus Spring Break & Summer STEM Camps.
Full days of hands-on builds, experiments, and maker challenges when school is closed or during longer breaks.
  • School’s Out STEM Days on select holidays and teacher workdays.
  • Spring Break and Summer camps with rotating weekly themes.
  • Small groups, projects they’re proud to bring home.
View School’s Out & Camp details

Programs We Offer

Hands-on, screen-light STEM and enrichment programs designed to build confidence, creativity, curiosity, and real-world skills — plus focused digital skills for older students.

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Robotics & Engineering

Build vehicles, machines, and beginner robots using gears, motors, and simple coding. Core focus in our weekly labs and Fast-Track programs.
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Science Lab Experiments

Safe, high-energy labs with chemistry-style reactions, physics demos, and discovery stations. Featured weekly and in school-break camps.
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Math & Logic Lab

Strategy games, puzzles, and brain challenges that build number sense, math confidence, and problem-solving skills.
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Maker & Building Lab

Open-ended engineering using KEVA planks, blocks, cardboard, and everyday materials. Supports our Engineering & Building badge track.
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Engineering Design Challenges

Bridge builds, towers, marble runs, and timed challenges where kids design, test, and improve their own solutions.
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STEM Art & Creativity

Art-meets-engineering projects that explore patterns, symmetry, color, and structure. Often paired with our Maker Lab and camp themes.
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Young Entrepreneurs Lab

Kids design simple products, plan mini businesses, and practice pitching their ideas in kid-friendly language.
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Money Smart Kids

Age-appropriate money skills: earning, saving, needs vs. wants, goal setting, and simple budgeting through games and activities.
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Digital Media & Coding Lab

Saturday workshops for ages 8–12 featuring Canva design, beginner video editing, intro coding, and typing skills in a small-group setting.

STEM at Pecan Grove Academy

Science + Technology + Engineering + Math
brought to life through hands-on labs and real-world challenges.

At Pecan Grove STEM Academy, students learn STEM the way it was meant to be learned — by building, testing, solving problems, and trying again. No worksheets. No passive sitting. Just real projects using real materials.

Guided by ATOM, our friendly STEM mascot, kids design and experiment in a safe, supportive lab where confidence grows through doing.

Our weekly classes are intentionally screen-light. Digital skills like Canva design, video editing, typing, and beginner coding are offered separately on Saturdays for ages 8–12.

  • Hands-on projects every class — no screens during weekday labs.
  • Creative problem-solving, teamwork, engineering & science skills.
  • Badges that build toward full STEM Certificates.
Atom Orbit
ATOM Mascot