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