Jessica Kagle, founder of Kestrel Educational Adventures, has entered the Green Awards contest on behalf of Rockport Elementary School for an award of $25,000 that will put them on the road to designing and building a nature center in the school's new science room. You can vote once every day, and every vote increases the odds that this money will be awarded for this purpose.
Gloucester Stage Youth Acting Workshops are a great place for kids to have fun and learn skills necessary in professional theatre! The workshops include basic acting techniques, theatre games, improvisation, movement, vocal and physical expression, non-verbal communication after physical expression, character study, storytelling, public speaking training, and a technical theater & stagecraft component. Full or partial scholarships are readily available!
Here's a great opportunity to hit the beach and learn a fun new skill with family members. There you can check out and try striper fishing in the surf. Area fishermen will be available Saturday mornings in June to teach the next generation of surfcasters the finer points of surfcasting at Crane Beach.
Take a trip Down Under with Creature Teachers and the likes of a cockatoo, kookaburra, wallaby, cuscus, woma python, blue-tongue skink, bearded dragon, a pair of White’s tree frogs and other animals not seen beyond the unique ecosystem of this island continent.
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Heidi Dallin's Youth Acting Workshops at the Gloucester Stage Company are a fantastic introduction to theatre basics. Ms. Dallin's workshops are designed to provide young people who possess a variety of abilities and levels of interest, an outlet to develop self-confidence, communication and teamwork skills.
All children have an innate musical ability that needs a little nurturing to become a fun and educational source of entertainment. The Kiwi Girl has developed an active approach to teaching music through singing, movement and instrument playing. Her teaching-by-doing approach will help your child learn advanced musical concepts like rhythm, pitch and form, and kids will naturally progress to the point of having a desire to learn a musical instrument.
Cape Ann Art Haven has a week full of fun activities planned for kids during April Vacation week. There are programs for all ages that will appeal to many styles of artistic expression. From Story Telling and Gardening day to a Girl's Overnight, there is certainly at least one program that your child will enjoy!
Learning geography is sometimes difficult, but doing so sets a solid foundation on which to build an education rich with history, international relations, religious understanding, cultural empathy and philosophy. This seems to be National Geographic's motivation in their effort rebuilding National Geographic Education to create a wonderful resource for not only teachers and educators, but for students and parents as well. The site is still a beta version, but it's definitely worth a peak.
Cape Ann Community Cinema and The Brain Candy Project have teamed up to present a series of FilmFests that will explore the foundations of American Family Cinema, with proceeds going to benefit the The Brain Candy Project. February is Animation Month at The Brain Candy Project!
