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| Upcoming Neighborhood Arts ClassesBeginning September 20, 2010Yoga
Incorporating
music, games, stories, poses, and imaginative play. Yoga builds body
strength, creativity, teamwork, and self-confidence. Wednesdays and Fridays 10am-11am Ages 2-4 (with caregiver) Wednesdays 2:30-3:30 (early release) Ages 7-10 Fridays 3:30-4:30 Ages 4-6 Instructor:
Carrie Morris - Kids Heart Yoga
Mixed Media Sculpture Defining and then creating sculpture out of found, recycled, and natural materials. Thursdays for Homeschoolers 1-2pm Ages 5 and up Thursdays for Afterschoolers 3:30-4:30 Ages 5-8 Materials fee: 12. Instructor: Leah Cross
Tales Alive I and II Each class will begin with a classic folk or fairy tale and then young actors will give it life, through costumes, props, emotions, movement, and dialogue. Mondays 3:30-4:30 Ages 4-6 I Tuesdays 3:30-4:30 Ages 6-9 II (and for those who have attended Tales Alive I) Tales Alive II stories are a bit more complex with more character development. Instructor: Erica Thompson
Preschool Potpourri (aka "Tapas") ~ for Caregiver and child A little taste of preschool without the separation anxiety! For children who are ready for more...a chance to sample some structure with peers. Spend an appetizing hour filled with song, sign, stories, movement, and art activities. Themes are nature and literature-based and are geared to a preschoolers taste. Tuesdays 10-11am Ages 3-5 Instructor: Erica Thompson
Play Production An opportunity for young actors to experience process and product! Participants will learn about all the elements of a little theatre production, to be performed in our Once Upon A Time Playhouse. Weekday - TBA 3:30-5pm Ages 5-12 Director/Instructor: Erica Thompson
All classes run for twelve weeks for $120. Tuition payments should be made on or before the first class day.
Teacher Biographical Notes.. Carrie Morris - Yoga Carrie has her certification from Childlight Yoga as a children's yoga instructor and a BFA in Art Education from UMASS. She has taught in many settings - summer camp, afterschool programs - and right here at The Schoolhouse as an art teacher for ASA. Carrie is founder and teacher of "Kids Heart Yoga" here in Portland.
Leah Cross - Mixed-Media Sculpture Leah is a professional artist/ceramicist living and working on Munjoy Hill, with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from UMass, Amherst. She has taught at A Company of Girls and here at The Schoolhouse for the After School Arts Program.
Erica Thompson - Tales Alive! Erica has been a professional actress since the age of seven. She has a BS in Performing Arts Education and has studied acting at Neighborhood Playhouse and HB Studios in New York. Erica has written, directed, and produced children's productions for over thirty years, and taught acting workshops (Children's Theatre of Maine; Company of Girls - amongst other places) for even longer than that. Erica is a veteran preschool teacher, having taught here - at The Schoolhouse - as well as Vermont, Philadelphia, and New York.
Students must preregister (via phone or email for classes for planning purposes.
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