CompuChild of Mountain House, Lathrop, and Manteca After-School Enrichment Classes

CompuChild of Mountain House, Lathrop, and Manteca After-School Enrichment Classes offers activities such as Mastering Machines with Dynamic Robotics, AI and ML for Young Innovators, Persuasive Debating, Build Your Own Toy with 3D Pen, Speech and Debate, and Build and Code Your Robots. Children use mechanical robotic parts such as motors, axles, gears, cams, and pulleys to build exciting models that move and make sound, then use sensors along with drag-and-drop programming to make robots perform various movements and tasks. In other classes, students use 3D printing pens to design interesting parts and artwork, learn about Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, explore prompt engineering and methods for training ML models, create audio from text and animated videos from audio using AI, and practice public speaking, research, and debate skills while collaborating and listening respectfully to others.

• Ages: 5–11 years old
• Schedule: Fall 2023 options include once-a-week classes over 10 sessions for Build Your Own Toy with 3D Pen, Speech and Debate, and Build and Code Your Robots
• Price: There is a $50 discount if a student enrolls for 2 classes and a $100 discount if a student enrolls for all 3 classes

CompuChild has been offering STEM and STEAM based after-school enrichment classes to children since 1994 and has been franchising since 2001. Since 1994, CompuChild has stated that it is dedicated to preparing children for the academic challenges of tomorrow through technology education today. CompuChild is one of two children’s education franchises to have received the STEM Provider Certification from Cognia for its commitment to high-quality STEM education. The program focuses on Entrepreneurial STEAM, including science and technology, finance and business, communication, and ethics, with project-based, hands-on, interactive courses that emphasize collaboration and cooperation in a positive environment.

Courses use a diverse set of curricula in STEM and entrepreneurship and are designed to challenge students based on their level of understanding. After-school enrichment classes are offered throughout the year, including summer camps, and the program does not expect to repeat the same course for the same level student for approximately two years. Typical student/teacher ratios are about 15:1 for hands-on classes such as robotics and electrical circuits, about 24:1 for other classes, and about 8:1 in online classes. Teamwork is emphasized with one robotic or electrical circuit kit provided to a group of three students, and most classes have a final project where children demonstrate what they have learned through props, posters, and presentations.

CompuChild instructors bring robotic kits, electrical circuit kits, computers, tablets, projectors, and similar equipment to the class, and children are not asked to bring anything other than their interest in learning. Pictures and videos of activities may be posted on CompuChild’s WhatsApp group and Facebook sites for parents who join. CompuChild enriches thousands of children every week through supplemental and after-school programs at child care centers, elementary schools, and community centers in the United States and Canada, with a focus on learning and innovation for the social good and on kindling the spirit of learning and innovation at a very young age.

Franchisee testimonials describe comprehensive training on courses such as animation, detailed lesson plans, support in marketing to schools and after-school centers, and guidance that helped some franchisees win multiple summer camp opportunities soon after starting their business. Testimonials also mention the use of a mobile intranet to connect franchisees, ongoing conversations about student questions, and a collaborative, respectful, and hard-working culture between franchisees and franchisors.

Last updated March 16, 2026.