Welcome, to Valentine’s Week!
This lesson is a fabulous opportunity to explore opposites! The Happy Valentine's theme is centered around the heart shape. The heart is a shape whose top is opposite from its bottom (rounded on top and pointy on bottom).
Housekeeping:
Our next service project’s goal is to raise money for the SmileTrain, an organization that performs surgeries to correct clefts and other problems for your children. We are selling beautiful personalized mother’s bracelets to raise the money. $10 from each bracelet will go toward the organization. Just $50 provides all the medication needed for a patient undergoing surgery, $150 covers half a surgery, and $250 covers an entire surgery. Whatever amount we can raise will help! There are a few important dates coming up, like: Easter and Mother's Day where a bracelet could be put away as a gift for one of these special occasions. I will pass out order forms this Friday and collect all orders February 19th! Please, allow 2 weeks for the bracelets to be completed once the orders are received.
The tentative date to be in SugarSpace (616 E. Wilmington Ave.) is March 19th (the last day of winter semester). This is very exciting to have our classes taking place in a professional arts establishment. Check out their website, www.thesugarspace.com. The classes are not advertised on the website, yet. Although, you can get a feel for the space and what it offers in addition to The Stars Early Childhood Creative Arts classes.
Valentine’s Week
The heart is a popular shape on Valentine’s Day. It is a shape that carries a lot of symbolism. Its top is opposite from its bottom, round vs. pointy. This week we will be exploring opposites: tall-short, fast-slow, loud-quiet, heavy-light, thick-thin, happy-sad, calm-energetic, round-pointy, etc.
Rock Stars! We will introduce our theme with using a favorite children’s songs to explore opposites, If You’re Happy And You Know It! Running Revolution will provide us the opportunity to creatively move our bodies while exploring opposites. We will dance with colorful scarves for Group Activity, play xylophones exploring opposites of: fast vs. slow, loud vs. soft, decorate Valentine’s, and enjoy a Valentine’s story!
SuperStars! We will have a wonderful time exploring opposites. We will sing If You’re Happy And You Know It while exploring opposites, creatively move our bodies to explore opposites, play an opposites movement game where we’ll each take turns being the leader while the rest of the class does the opposite of what the leader does, explore the opposites of largo vs. allegro and piano vs. forte with xylophones, create a Valentine’s Day surprise, and enjoy a Valentine’s story!
I’m looking forward to seeing you in class!
Monday, February 1, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
Dinosaur Week!
Welcome, to Dinosaur Week!
Stars, get ready to soar like a Pteranodon, stomp like T-Rex, stretch like a Diplodocus, and swing your tail like a Stegosaurus!
Housekeeping:
I want to remind you of some dates coming up! This Friday is Priority Enrollment for Star School. Email me for an information packet and registration form if you're interested. The second tuition payment for winter semester is due 2/5. Thank you!
Shortly, I will update you on the details for our next service project. We are working on a project that will raise money for the smiletrain where children receive surgeries to repair clefts and other problems.
Rock Stars, we will creatively stomp our dino feet, swing our dino tails, stretch our dino necks, and flap our dino wings. We'll enjoy doing the Dinosaur Stomp where we’ll stomp, claw, freeze, waddle, and stomp some more like dinos. We will sing and pretend we’re baby dinosaurs hatching out of our eggs to the tune of Mary Had A Little Lamb, enjoy a dinosaur stamping visual arts activity, and finish class with a fun story, How Do Dinosaurs Say I Love You?
Superstars, get ready to make heavy movements like a T-rex, light movements like a Pteranodon, fast movement like a Velociraptor, and slow movements like a Brachiosaurus. We will bring dinosaur masks to life to the beat of Walk the Dinosaur, explore the tempo accelerando by singing Dinosaurs Are In Their Eggs, and create a dinosaur habitat for our dinosaur stamps.
See you in class! Have a wonderful week!
Stars, get ready to soar like a Pteranodon, stomp like T-Rex, stretch like a Diplodocus, and swing your tail like a Stegosaurus!
Housekeeping:
I want to remind you of some dates coming up! This Friday is Priority Enrollment for Star School. Email me for an information packet and registration form if you're interested. The second tuition payment for winter semester is due 2/5. Thank you!
Shortly, I will update you on the details for our next service project. We are working on a project that will raise money for the smiletrain where children receive surgeries to repair clefts and other problems.
Rock Stars, we will creatively stomp our dino feet, swing our dino tails, stretch our dino necks, and flap our dino wings. We'll enjoy doing the Dinosaur Stomp where we’ll stomp, claw, freeze, waddle, and stomp some more like dinos. We will sing and pretend we’re baby dinosaurs hatching out of our eggs to the tune of Mary Had A Little Lamb, enjoy a dinosaur stamping visual arts activity, and finish class with a fun story, How Do Dinosaurs Say I Love You?
Superstars, get ready to make heavy movements like a T-rex, light movements like a Pteranodon, fast movement like a Velociraptor, and slow movements like a Brachiosaurus. We will bring dinosaur masks to life to the beat of Walk the Dinosaur, explore the tempo accelerando by singing Dinosaurs Are In Their Eggs, and create a dinosaur habitat for our dinosaur stamps.
See you in class! Have a wonderful week!
Monday, January 18, 2010
Zoo Week!
Hey, it's Zoo Week! Hooray!
Zoo Week is a fun lesson to use with children! Children loves zoo animals and the zoo train!
Rock Stars, I'm excited for you to come and explore Zoo Week with me! We’ll be exploring penguins, elephants, lions, and the zoo train through creative movement, creative drama, music, and visual art. We’ll take a zoo train ride on the parachute, sing Mr. Kapoo Has A Zoo to the tune of Old MacDonald while dressing up as a zoo animal, do a contact paper collage art activity, and enjoy a Zoo story at the end of class!
Superstars, get ready get into the character of your favorite zoo animal! We will be using different zoo animals to explore different creative movements. We’ll use heavy movement to show elephants, light movements to show penguins, and low movements to show lions. We’ll use creative drama to act like different zoo animals where each Star will take the stage to show the class actions and sounds of that animal, we’ll sing Mr. Kapoo Has A Zoo to the tune of Old MacDonald where we’ll review the tempo accelerando, and create a tape art masterpiece!
I’m excited for Zoo Week! See all of you there!!!
Zoo Week is a fun lesson to use with children! Children loves zoo animals and the zoo train!
Rock Stars, I'm excited for you to come and explore Zoo Week with me! We’ll be exploring penguins, elephants, lions, and the zoo train through creative movement, creative drama, music, and visual art. We’ll take a zoo train ride on the parachute, sing Mr. Kapoo Has A Zoo to the tune of Old MacDonald while dressing up as a zoo animal, do a contact paper collage art activity, and enjoy a Zoo story at the end of class!
Superstars, get ready get into the character of your favorite zoo animal! We will be using different zoo animals to explore different creative movements. We’ll use heavy movement to show elephants, light movements to show penguins, and low movements to show lions. We’ll use creative drama to act like different zoo animals where each Star will take the stage to show the class actions and sounds of that animal, we’ll sing Mr. Kapoo Has A Zoo to the tune of Old MacDonald where we’ll review the tempo accelerando, and create a tape art masterpiece!
I’m excited for Zoo Week! See all of you there!!!
Monday, January 11, 2010
Welcome, to Monkeying Around week! This theme is inspired by several children’s favorites, including: Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb by Al Perkins, the Curious George series, and Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed!
This week is all about celebrating children’s curiosity of their surroundings and even trying our best to welcome the messes that come along with their discovery process!
Housekeeping:
The Stars Creative Arts Program is a welcoming environment for children where focus placed on the discoveries children make throughout the learning process, not the final product. We explore weekly thematic lesson plans though creative movement, creative drama, visual arts activities, and music. Please, feel free to invite a friend to class to introduce them to this program. Email me ahead of time so I can be sure to prepare enough materials for everyone to enjoy!
Star School applications will be ready this Friday! Please, email me if you are interested in applying your child for Star School but are unsure of birthday qualifications. There is some flexibility with birthday deadlines-please, check with me about this before you turn in an application. Star School will only be accepting 6 students total and you have priority enrollment, so, be sure to take advantage of this by turning your application during priority enrollment time. I wish I had more time to answer questions of Friday afternoons, although, I unfortunately do not. Email me, erinehendrix@yahoo.com
ROCK STARS: Get ready to move, sing, drum, and paint in Monkeying Around class! There are so many fun and interesting things about monkeys. We will sing Apples and Bananas, participate in creative monkey movements, read Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed, enjoy some monkey creativity with finger painting, and drum to Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb!
SUPERSTARS: We’re going to have a blast learning about monkeys through creative movements, creative drama, visual arts, and music. We will creatively move like monkeys while exploring different elements of dance: weight and time. Superstars get to learn about tempo while drumming, create finger painting masterpieces, and singing Teasing Mr. Alligator. Superstars, you may invite a friend to class! Please, email me ahead of time so I prepare enough materials!
See you, Friday!
Ms. Erin
This week is all about celebrating children’s curiosity of their surroundings and even trying our best to welcome the messes that come along with their discovery process!
Housekeeping:
The Stars Creative Arts Program is a welcoming environment for children where focus placed on the discoveries children make throughout the learning process, not the final product. We explore weekly thematic lesson plans though creative movement, creative drama, visual arts activities, and music. Please, feel free to invite a friend to class to introduce them to this program. Email me ahead of time so I can be sure to prepare enough materials for everyone to enjoy!
Star School applications will be ready this Friday! Please, email me if you are interested in applying your child for Star School but are unsure of birthday qualifications. There is some flexibility with birthday deadlines-please, check with me about this before you turn in an application. Star School will only be accepting 6 students total and you have priority enrollment, so, be sure to take advantage of this by turning your application during priority enrollment time. I wish I had more time to answer questions of Friday afternoons, although, I unfortunately do not. Email me, erinehendrix@yahoo.com
ROCK STARS: Get ready to move, sing, drum, and paint in Monkeying Around class! There are so many fun and interesting things about monkeys. We will sing Apples and Bananas, participate in creative monkey movements, read Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed, enjoy some monkey creativity with finger painting, and drum to Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb!
SUPERSTARS: We’re going to have a blast learning about monkeys through creative movements, creative drama, visual arts, and music. We will creatively move like monkeys while exploring different elements of dance: weight and time. Superstars get to learn about tempo while drumming, create finger painting masterpieces, and singing Teasing Mr. Alligator. Superstars, you may invite a friend to class! Please, email me ahead of time so I prepare enough materials!
See you, Friday!
Ms. Erin
Monday, January 4, 2010
Fabulous Frogs!
Welcome, to The Stars Early Childhood Creative Arts Program winter semester!
Let’s hop into winter with the theme of Fabulous Frogs!
Housekeeping:
Superstars class has been moved to 2:00 on Friday afternoons for winter semester. We have a wonderful time in Superstars class exploring weekly themes through creative movement, creative drama, visual arts projects, and music. Superstars, you are welcome to bring friends to class on Friday afternoons with you! What a fun way to spend a play date, in a creative environment building lasting friendships and memories!
Rock Stars classes are held at 1:00 and 3:00. There are 2 openings in the 1:00 Rock Stars class and 1 opening in the 3:00 Rock Stars class. IF, any of you have friends you would like to invite to try the class, email me! We love visitors!
A few changes have been made for Star School 2010-11. Star School will accept 6 students instead of 10 students and parent volunteering will be recommended, not required. Applications will be available this Friday. Stars enrolled in the Friday creative arts classes receive priority enrollment and may turn in applications the last week of January. Open enrollment begins the following week.
Winter semester tuition is due. Please, have the first payment turned in on Friday if you have not already paid. Rock Stars first payment-$51.73 and the Superstars first payment-$54.25!
Fabulous Frogs!
Rock Stars, let’s take a big leap into winter with Fabulous Frogs week! This week is a great introduction to frogs for the little ones. We will explore different things about frogs: frogs lay eggs, have 4 legs, have a long tongue, hibernate in the winter, jump, and swim. We will open up “Hello Circle” with a fun song about frogs to the tune of The Mulberry Bush, explore frog movements during “Running Revolution” with an emphasis on jumping off of two feet and landing on two feet, engage in abstract thinking by pretending we’re frogs jumping from lily pad to lily pad and landing in the pond to the music of Crazy Frogs, sing Five Green & Speckled Frogs, create frog eggs with food art, and wrap up class with the story Little Green Frogs. What an exciting class to look forward to!
Superstars, we’re going to have a wonderful time bouncing around class as frogs and exploring the life cycle of frogs. We will creatively move our bodies to explore the life cycle of frogs: frog egg, tadpole, tadpole w/legs, froglet, and adult frog. We will use closed and open shapes to explore each of these stages of a frog’s life. Superstars will be exploring the element of time in dance by creatively moving like a frog for 7 counts and freezing on the 8 count. While exploring the count of 8 we will be using long streamers as frog tongues. Superstars, will participate in acting out the song Five Green & Speckled Frogs, create a crayon drawing on white paper and paint over it with thinned paint (a technique that mimics the finished product of a Batik masterpiece in a kid friendly way). We will finish off class with the story Little Green Frogs! Let’s get jumping!!!
See you, Friday!
Let’s hop into winter with the theme of Fabulous Frogs!
Housekeeping:
Superstars class has been moved to 2:00 on Friday afternoons for winter semester. We have a wonderful time in Superstars class exploring weekly themes through creative movement, creative drama, visual arts projects, and music. Superstars, you are welcome to bring friends to class on Friday afternoons with you! What a fun way to spend a play date, in a creative environment building lasting friendships and memories!
Rock Stars classes are held at 1:00 and 3:00. There are 2 openings in the 1:00 Rock Stars class and 1 opening in the 3:00 Rock Stars class. IF, any of you have friends you would like to invite to try the class, email me! We love visitors!
A few changes have been made for Star School 2010-11. Star School will accept 6 students instead of 10 students and parent volunteering will be recommended, not required. Applications will be available this Friday. Stars enrolled in the Friday creative arts classes receive priority enrollment and may turn in applications the last week of January. Open enrollment begins the following week.
Winter semester tuition is due. Please, have the first payment turned in on Friday if you have not already paid. Rock Stars first payment-$51.73 and the Superstars first payment-$54.25!
Fabulous Frogs!
Rock Stars, let’s take a big leap into winter with Fabulous Frogs week! This week is a great introduction to frogs for the little ones. We will explore different things about frogs: frogs lay eggs, have 4 legs, have a long tongue, hibernate in the winter, jump, and swim. We will open up “Hello Circle” with a fun song about frogs to the tune of The Mulberry Bush, explore frog movements during “Running Revolution” with an emphasis on jumping off of two feet and landing on two feet, engage in abstract thinking by pretending we’re frogs jumping from lily pad to lily pad and landing in the pond to the music of Crazy Frogs, sing Five Green & Speckled Frogs, create frog eggs with food art, and wrap up class with the story Little Green Frogs. What an exciting class to look forward to!
Superstars, we’re going to have a wonderful time bouncing around class as frogs and exploring the life cycle of frogs. We will creatively move our bodies to explore the life cycle of frogs: frog egg, tadpole, tadpole w/legs, froglet, and adult frog. We will use closed and open shapes to explore each of these stages of a frog’s life. Superstars will be exploring the element of time in dance by creatively moving like a frog for 7 counts and freezing on the 8 count. While exploring the count of 8 we will be using long streamers as frog tongues. Superstars, will participate in acting out the song Five Green & Speckled Frogs, create a crayon drawing on white paper and paint over it with thinned paint (a technique that mimics the finished product of a Batik masterpiece in a kid friendly way). We will finish off class with the story Little Green Frogs! Let’s get jumping!!!
See you, Friday!
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