The Manor / Arcola After School Activity program had a busy March! We took part in lots of dodge ball and out door active play and dabbled in some pizza baking and science! If you haven't tried dancing milk, elephant toothpaste and exploding soda with mentos - I highly recommend!
Active Afterschool Program: Moose Mountain Soccer
For the Active Afterschool Activity Program this March the Moose Mountain Soccer crew visited the Carlyle Elementary School to offer a free soccer clinics to interested students. Over the course of the month students were invited by grade level to learn some new skills, drills and play a couple of games. This year we had … Continue reading Active Afterschool Program: Moose Mountain Soccer
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Afterschool Art: The Starry Night
This week at Afterschool Art Class students learned about Vincent Van Gogh and his painting: The Starry Night. We started again with a short artist bio before going into the lesson. For this project we used: Short Artist Bio Examples of the Painting: A Starry Night An outline of the painting: A Starry Night Black … Continue reading Afterschool Art: The Starry Night
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Afterschool Art Class: Picasso!
The Afterschool Art Class recently explored the works of Pablo Picasso. It was a super fun lesson! We used: A short biography of Pablo Picasso Some examples of his portraits Small mirrors A chart of facial expressions Student weight paper Water colour paints Black permanent markers We talked briefly about Picasso and some of his … Continue reading Afterschool Art Class: Picasso!
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Luck of the Irish!
Happy St. Patrick's Day at the playroom! We did 2 fun crafts that we're all about the green and snack was all about rainbows. We also learned a fun new song about a leprechaun. The sneaky leprechaun left us a surprise in the office and we had lots of fun watching the "magic". (Baking soda … Continue reading Luck of the Irish!
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Afterschool Art Class: Georgia O’Keefe
During the month of March the Afterschool Art Class will be studying famous artists in history. Our first study was Georgia O'keefe florals. O'keefe had a unique approach to painting flowers: She got very, very close. In my experience with young artists having them use all of their space is very, very difficult. Most children … Continue reading Afterschool Art Class: Georgia O’Keefe
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Afterschool Art Class: Drama Month
As part of the Active Afterschool Program from South East Connections the CFY Afterschool Art Program hosted Mrs. Margaret Bell to teach active drama to students for the month of February. Children were taught some silly games, improve acting, script reading and live performing skills. Ages 6-13 participated.
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Active Afterschool Programs: February Round Up
Unfortunately for our blog posts there aren't a lot of photographs from our February Active Afterschool Programs. The reason for this is that it is nearly impossible to stop playing dodge ball to take a good photo (without being hit, anyway). This month we played some very active games in Manor, Arcola and Carlyle - … Continue reading Active Afterschool Programs: February Round Up
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Clowning Around
On February 19th CFY hosted FUNTAZM entertainment for a Clowning Around workshop. We all had a great time learning the art of acting silly and some balloon twisting. It was a really neat experience for all of the kids and their grown ups. Thank you to South East Connections for making this event possible!
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