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Create terrariums in your classroom and use the cross-cutting concept: systems and system models to investigate dynamic ecosystems. Learn to perform experiments with inexpensive, easy-to-make bottle terrariums as you examine interrelationships, adaptations, and cycles of matter. Take home live plants and a terrarium for your classroom.

Kids in grades K – 4 participate in nature play and fun learning activities involving plants, art, and science. These full-day camps will be held outside; please dress for the weather. Attire Dress for the weather! Wear clothes that are comfortable for outdoor and indoor activities and hands-on, messy fun. What to Bring to camp Water bottle...

The summer between junior and senior year is THE BEST time to brainstorm and outline, write and edit your college or graduate school application essays. Bring a kernel of an idea, a previous draft (or even nothing at all!) to this workshop to gain the tools to create a dynamic personal statement.  We will consider ideas and hooks from your unique...

Children in grades K – 4 can engage in exciting, hands-on outdoor activities while discovering the Garden in winter. They’ll investigate weather, explore seasonal adaptations of plants and animals, and dabble in art. Program Details: December 27, 2022: Snow Science  December 28, 2022: Winter Art  December 29, 2022: Exploring Evergreens...

Build a short story from the inside out: staring with the characters. Protagonist, villain, conflict, plot. Ages 8-13. Ninety minutes. Five weeks. Sunday mornings, 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Writing materials, play-sheets, and embellishments included. Notebooks & writing devices from home welcome.

Write your own fantasy spells. Perform them if you like. Beware, magic is in the air. Note: Writing materials included but feel free to bring your own notebook.

Create your own cool potions recipes. Mischievous or marvelous? It’s up to you.  Note: Writing materials included but feel free to bring your own notebook. 

Working on your own novel? Short story? Poetry? Bring your own creative project. Celebrate the joy of writing what you choose to write. Visual writing prompts, mentor-ship, and encouragement. 

Audacious authors, come join the fun! Writing games, story prompts, embellishments and storyboard collage materials. You’ll build a character, flesh out a juicy setting, and dramatize a conflict for your own story. At Taleblazers’ gentle and encouraging studio, take creative risks and get wild on the Page. Writing materials included.  Feel...

See up-close, live, an interactive experience about reptiles and amphibians from around the world

Learn basic electronics as you turn an ordinary toothbrush, a tiny battery, and a motor into an insect-like robot that bounces and vibrates inside a cardboard obstacle course that you design and construct. Then take your creations home to show your family and friends. Note: Price is for an adult / child pair. Each additional child is $30. Please...

Do you have a drawer of unfinished stories calling to you? Make time to create the stories, poems, and words you love. Move them to the middle, or finish. Set intentions, soft deadlines, check-ins, invaluable creative time, and a weekly “Words Come Alive” Show at Val’s halla Records. Ms. M.G. provides: Mentorship, modeling, resources and encouragement....

Travel back in time and meet your favorite heroes. Harriet Tubman? Amelia Earhart? Jose Rizal? Neil Armstrong’s first walk on the Moon? Knights or bandits? Write diary (or scroll) entries and share your adventures. Notebooks and writing devices from home also welcome.  NOTE: Students will be emailed ahead of time asking them to pick a time...

In this class, Level 1 students will continue to expand their vocabulary skills and will also experience the first approach to grammar concepts in a playful and fun way. Levels 2 students will acquire knowledge of new grammar concepts and will continue to expand their vocabulary, conversational and academic language skills. They will also be introduced...

Tween & Teen Nutrition: Food as Fuel for a Healthy Future Nutrition—along with a healthy lifestyle—is the cornerstone of tween and teen health. Helping your child develop a positive relationship with food will go a long way. But as a busy parent, where do you begin? What food choices do you make to support a lifetime of good health? Eating...