Karns Shades of Development

Karns Shades of Development We are a high quality after-school program located at Karns Elementary School. The SHADES Afterschool program bridges the school day and home life.

SHADES of Development believes that children learn and grow with every interaction they encounter during their waking hours of the day. Afterschool time is a time to enhance learning, promote relationship building, and exercise conflict resolution techniques in a relaxed, nurturing and fun environment. SHADES further believes that it is essential to create an environment of mutual respect where ad

ults and children can share, laugh, and learn together by setting goals, communicating, developing trust and holding ourselves and each other accountable. Our vision is to provide Safe, Healthy, Adventures that Develop Essential Skills for lifelong learning and success for all school-age children in need of out-of-school time services

Our pre-K friends have been learning all about SPRING!☀️🌱🌸Look at this flower craft we made this week!🤩🌼
04/16/2026

Our pre-K friends have been learning all about SPRING!☀️🌱🌸

Look at this flower craft we made this week!🤩🌼

We have been LOVING these sunny days on the playground!☀️🛝From playing with friends, to making GIANT bubbles, we love ma...
04/16/2026

We have been LOVING these sunny days on the playground!☀️🛝

From playing with friends, to making GIANT bubbles, we love making memories in the sunshine every day!🫧🤩💚

Karns SHADES elementary waved goodbye to our butterflies today!👋🤩Our nature club has been studying the lifecycle of butt...
04/16/2026

Karns SHADES elementary waved goodbye to our butterflies today!👋🤩

Our nature club has been studying the lifecycle of butterflies, and we’ve had some little critter friends to help teach them! We watched the caterpillars turn into chrysalises, and then we watched them hatch into butterflies! 🦋🐛

We were sad to see them go, but it was so much fun to send our butterfly friends off!🥳

SHADES Summer Camp Enrollment for 2026 is now open!😎☀️⛱️We are so excited for another summer of fun, learning and advent...
03/03/2026

SHADES Summer Camp Enrollment for 2026 is now open!😎☀️⛱️

We are so excited for another summer of fun, learning and adventure together!
Join us as we explore our summer theme, through the ages!🌎📚🏰

We only have limited availability left in our summer program, so make sure to sign up NOW if you are interested!! Head to www.shadesofdevelopment.org to pre-register!

We’re looking forward to a GREAT summer and we hope to see you there!💚🥳

Who doesn’t love playground time?🤩🛝Our friends have been loving the warmer weather and sunshine! Playing outside with ou...
02/18/2026

Who doesn’t love playground time?🤩🛝

Our friends have been loving the warmer weather and sunshine! Playing outside with our friends is one of the BEST parts of the day!!☀️💚

⭐️CLUB SPOTLIGHT⭐️ Entrepreneur club📈📊✏️Entrepreneur club at Karns has been working on creating a business and presentin...
02/18/2026

⭐️CLUB SPOTLIGHT⭐️

Entrepreneur club📈📊✏️

Entrepreneur club at Karns has been working on creating a business and presenting their ideas to the class over the past few weeks!

Our friends have been hard at work designing logos, creating menus, and drawing up business plans! 📋💚

We have had SO much fun starting the new year at Karns SHADES!🥳🪩🎉 Here’s a photo dump of just some of the activities our...
01/27/2026

We have had SO much fun starting the new year at Karns SHADES!🥳🪩🎉

Here’s a photo dump of just some of the activities our friends have been up to!🤩💚

We have had so much fun with our Christmas themed activities this week!🎄🎅🏻🎁Don’t forget that the last day of SHADES befo...
12/18/2025

We have had so much fun with our Christmas themed activities this week!🎄🎅🏻🎁

Don’t forget that the last day of SHADES before break is December 19th, and it’s half-day! Make sure to pack a lunch if your child will be attending the 19th!

SHADES will be closed December 21st through January 2nd, and our first day back after break will be January 5th!

We hope everyone has a great break and a great holiday season!💚

We are having a BLAST at Karns SHADES!🤩Here’s a photo dump from the past few weeks with us!😁💚
12/12/2025

We are having a BLAST at Karns SHADES!🤩

Here’s a photo dump from the past few weeks with us!😁💚

Our pre-K friends have been hard at work painting these fall crafts!! 🍁🍂We have a few more openings in our program at Ka...
11/06/2025

Our pre-K friends have been hard at work painting these fall crafts!! 🍁🍂

We have a few more openings in our program at Karns Pre-K, and we would LOVE to have you join us!! 💚🤩

Our pre-K program offers daily educational activities, read-a-loud story times, play time with friends, and so much more! 📚🎨🛝

Head to our website at www.shadesofdevelopment.org for more information!

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Knoxville, TN

Opening Hours

Monday 7am - 6pm
Tuesday 7am - 6pm
Wednesday 7am - 6pm
Thursday 7am - 6pm
Friday 7am - 6pm

Telephone

+18656900906

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