FALL 2010 enrichment classes begin October 4, 2010
(except for KiddieSoccer and Kindermusik which begin September 29, 2010)
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Tuesday, September 21st)
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Beading and Jewelry Making is offered to enhance and develop creativity, fine motor skills as well as several academic skills including counting, identifying colors, sorting and patterning. These skills will be explored through beading necklaces and bracelets and creating our own beads or objects to embellish special creations. Various themes will be incorporated (countries, cultures and holidays).
Dara Brody - This is Dara's first year at GNCS and she is enthusiastic about joining with Jana Kates to develop, create and execute the "Bead It!" jewelry making class. She will be an assistant teacher in the Twos Clues class.
Each week a different country will be selected to learn about and prepare an authentic “delicacy” indigenous to that area. Games, books and artifacts will be introduced.
Jana Kates
Audrey Smith
Drumming and drum circles are a growing musical and recreational activity where participants play and interact together and experience the joy of playing drums and percussion instruments. Drumming develops listening skills, encourages mental concentration and improves coordination. Drums are effective because they allow immediate success regardless of the player's ability!
Kiddie Soccer is the only soccer organization that conducts on-site enrichment programs exclusively for preschool-aged children. Their specially trained coaches are all experienced in working with young children. A typical Kiddie Soccer class consists of soccer-oriented games that are specifically designed to ensure that the children have FUN while also learning some basic soccer skills. Every child receives a t-shirt at the first class and a medal at the last class.
Using the power of music, Kindermusik’s Imagine That! taps into your preschooler’s creative spirit and boundless energy and focuses on developing his learning strengths and self-confidence so he’ll be ready for school, prepared for future music lessons…or able to leap tall buildings.
What you’ll experience in class:
Pretend play activities are integrated with music, vocal development, storytelling, listening, movement and literacy aspects of each class. Activities include a mixture of musical genres and styles and provide a setting for your child to explore his many voices and to use a “singing voice.” Singing helps with memory and recall, physical development, creativity and socialization. Each class is built on the development of a story, so you’ll hear preschoolers search for the word to say what they mean and try to keep up with their busy minds, emerging wants, needs, likes, and dislikes. Preschoolers are learning to be self-sufficient in a group setting of peers. At Home Materials (40-page activity book, two literature books, game board play set, instrument, and two CDs of music from class) ensures the learning continues at home with your child’s best teacher—you!
Exposure and exploration of literature in the pre-school years develops a lifelong love for reading and writing and challenges the youngster's imagination. In this class, literature will be used as a springboard to related cooking, crafts, music and dramatic activities. Students will explore literature of different cultures, sharpen their listening, sequencing and other pre-reading skills while enjoying the experience.
Each week your children will have the opportunity to express themselves creatively by "acting out" familiar stories creating their own stories to perform or using props, movement and music to tell a story.
This is an hour-long outdoor (weather permitting) activity program set to music. It expands upon the weekly movement classes in several key areas: a more challenging set of motor skills (from catching and throwing to basic gymnastics), individualized attention, taking turns, and the fundamentals of interactivity and cooperative teamwork. And of course, it reinforces Mr. Mike's mantra: children who equate moving around with having fun at an early age are far more likely to remain active and healthy throughout their entire lives.
Puppet Workshop
Each week your child will make a
different puppet tied to a familiar story. They will use the puppet to
retell the tale and learn a little about the history of each style of puppet
along the way.
Making crafts from materials already in your home and in our natural environment are fun and children are always proud of their own inventive art work. This enrichment class is designed to further expand your child's creative mind with a variety of mixed art media. Children will make different and unique artistic projects that have an emphasis on nature, reusing and recycling. Projects from water bottles, milk/juice cartons and cans will be pursued as well as other projects that will include textural media.
Early childhood teachers, caregivers and parents are aware of the tremendous interest young children have in exploring their world, figuring out how things work and experimenting with new material. While science is embedded in many of the ongoing projects in the classrooms at GNCS, it can be further encouraged and stimulated through carefully designed interactive, hands-on activities. The children will explore the wonders of science by doing experiments and related art activities and reading related literature.
Annette Molina has been an Assistant Teacher and Summer Camp Teacher for over 10 years at GNCS. Annette enjoys working with Mrs. Simon and inspiring the children to be curious and make discoveries.
This enrichment class is offered to further inspire an appreciation of art and continued exploration with materials. The class focuses on the work of well-known artists and introduces themes from children’s books. As the students stretch their imaginations, they will create their own works of art based on their ideas. Projects included during the semester are collage, sculpture, clay, watercolor, etc. At the end of each semester, each class will culminate in a Gallery Showcase featuring the works of the children (parents are also invited and welcome to attend).