For Little Steamers, Miss Melanie provided several items for each child to see which one was heavier. Was a bracelet or a piece of wood heavier? How many pennies weighed as much as a colored stone? So many questions we had to answer. The kids did great and went home with a colorful bracelet.
In Creative Kids, Miss Julie taught the kids about Wassily Kandinsky, a Russian abstract painter. He believed “everything starts with a dot.” Here is some of the art from the two sessions, along with the amazing artists. Enjoy!
Did you know people have seen cryptids (a creature that is said to exist but has not been proven to do so) in every state? Yikes! We learned about the comic-making process. Then, we heard excerpts from Lisa’s new book Deja Ross Speaks to Freaks. Next, we drew our own monsters! Kids rolled dice to tell what body parts to add to their scary friends. Thank you, Lisa for sharing your love of monsters with … Read more
Nineteen kids showed up to welcome the 19th book of the popular series Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Hot Mess. We played Manny Cereal Toss, did a scavenger hunt, trivia, and posed for fun pictures with the characters. Two lucky winners took home the new book and two others won a stuffed Greg. We can’t wait for the next book to come out!
Children created a spooky Halloween luminary. They turned out boo-tiful!
Young kids and their caregivers worked together to make a volcano out of a pumpkin with a few simple ingredients. Preschoolers are naturally curious, and introducing them to Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math (STEAM) at an early age can be both fun and educational. Check our newsletter to discover what new STEM activity we have available.
Kids of all ages joined us to celebrate Halloween by creating a monster-themed sensory jar! Don’t be scared to check them out…really, they are cute and creepy!
Families brought ALL the creativity to our chalk-tastic event! Young and old decorated our sidewalks on this beautiful day. Get some new ideas by looking at these fun-tastic photos!
We read Super Pancake this month as a group, shared other graphic novels we are reading and practiced our drawing skills. We also watched a video on how to draw a dragon and picked our next graphic novel: Four Eyes by Rex Ogle. Do you like graphic novels and/or drawing? Join us next time!
Creatives of all ages came to this workshop tailored to help enhance storytelling abilities. Led by industry experts Chris Woods and Ben Torres, who bring decades of experience in entertainment design, attendees were inspired in their dreams of crafting novels, designing immersive video games, or envisioning blockbuster films. This workshop delved into the fundamental aspects of storytelling, character development, and world building. They were even open to taking a fun picture after all of that … Read more