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Heroes and Heroines

Katie Marshall
Together we will create our own heroes and heroines, be they wand-wielding fairies or saber-swinging samurais. We will create brilliant schemes about how our heroes save the day. We will bring our story to life by studying other heroes and heroines from Pippi Longstocking to Harry Potter. We will paint and draw our villains and heroes. At the end, each child will have their very own illustrated book. (1,2,3)

Veil Painting
Isabelle Abbot
Learn to layer watercolors to create magical, mystical scenes of mountains and valleys, fairies and princes, and anything else you can imagine! In veil painting, you let one layer dry before you paint the next and as you build up layers you create beautiful colors and soft images that seem to come from a world of magic and mystery. (1,2,3)

Art From the Forest Floor
Isabelle Abbot
Let’s let nature be our guide and explore what we can create from the things we find under our feet, gathering inspiration from the forest floor. We will use what we find to make prints, create collages, and learn to observe the details of leaves, sticks, acorns, and anything else you can find out there! We will end the class by working together to create our own forest floor in a mural. (1,2,3)

Sherwood Forest
Katie Marshall
Would you like to be Maid Marian, Robin Hood or Fryer Tuck? Enter into the world of Robin Hood and his Merry Men. We will make our own Robin Hood hats, and bring scenes to life through acting and drawing and storytelling. We will go on treasure hunts, searching for emeralds and gold to help the poor, and create our own Sherwood Forest accessible only with secret passwords. (1,2,3)

What’s Your Favorite Color?
Lynn Ramson
Let’s learn about the color spectrum and what happens when we mix different colors together. Using paint, crayons, colored pencils, beads, polymer clay and more, you will see how adding just a little bit of one color can change another color a whole lot! You will make a variety of projects to take home, including one that lets you pick your favorite color and make something extra-special with it. (2,3)

Creations in Wood
Judy Cahill
Learn to work with wood and hand tools in a safe, fun environment. Choose one of many projects such as a tic-tac-toe board or a marble maze. How about a bug barn or a paddle boat? Use your imagination, and fly off in a model air-plane you built yourself. Need a sword and shield to protect your castle? Make one! Finish one project, then on to the next! (Session 2 only, limited to 8)

Newton’s Laboratory
Leslie Kenner
For those budding young scientists who want to know how and why things work. Visit the laboratory of the great scientist Sir Isaac Newton. We will do various hands-on projects including making water bottle rockets and egg drop contraptions… to see how things fall
and how they soar into space! (1,2)

Flying Feet/Irish Dance
Meg Madden
You won’t need Dorothy’s red shoes to travel when you click your heels together. All you need are the right steps to trans-port you on an exciting journey to the green fields of Ireland. Learn the basic steps of traditional Irish reels, jigs, slip jigs and maybe a figure dance or two. Our feet will take us over the rainbow. (1,2,3)

Show, Don’t Tell!
Richard Drake
Learn how to express yourself through your body! We'll experiment with music, games, and storytelling as we show our feelings and share stories through movement. Don't forget your imagination for this class; we're going to have a lot of fun! (1,2,3)

Fun with French
Candace Cone
Jouons ensemble! Come play and learn some French along the way! This class is an introduction to French through games, cooking, stories, songs, skits, videos and other fun activities. Come prepared to laugh, sing, act, draw, eat
and have lots of fun with French! (2,3)

Mask Making
Lynn Ransom
Get a jump start on Halloween or get a stage costume ready for a skit with the masks you will make in this class. We will be using different methods and materials to make masks that will range from the cute to the creepy, the fun to the freaky! (2,3)

Fantastic Fairytales
Leslie Kenner
Let your imaginations soar! Turn into a creeping caterpillar, a dancing fairy, or a hungry lion. Through movement, art, theatre games, and storytelling, you will explore the magic of theatre. We’ll pick a story, create a set, design costumes and act it out. (1,2)

A Space Odyssey
Bryan Hawkes
What does a creature from Mars look
like? Ever wonder what's out there? Then sign up for a space adventure like no other. Make flying rockets, model
planets, and even design an alien creature from another solar system. Use your imagination to explore the universe and the magic of space. (1,2,3)

Speak With Your Hands
Sarah Beaulieu
Come discover the art, beauty and fun of signing. Learn to speak with your hands and have silent conversations with your friends. Not only will you learn finger spelling, numbers, and basic vocabulary, but you will also learn to use facial expression and body language to enhance your communication. (1,2,3)