Enrichment Options March 24, :00-3:00. Grade 1

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1 Grade 1 The Most Magnificent Thing Read a story about a girl who experiments and tinkers, and builds a MOST Magnificent Thing. Then use your own creative thinking and materials to create a magnificent thing, too! Yoga and Coloring - Relax and treat yourself to an hour of peaceful and relaxing yoga and another hour of creative coloring. Shadow Puppets Make your own shadow puppet to tell a story. Share your stories with your puppet, and watch others student s puppet show, too! Jujitsu Come join us in learning about the martial art known as jiu-jitsu! In this class, you will work with jiu-jitsu masters from the Minnesota Kali Group. You will learn some basic jiu-jitsu moves as well as how to raise the safety awareness of yourself and your environment. The jiu-jitsu masters will also provide demonstrations for our students! Weaving Weaving is all around you, but you don t even notice! We will look at examples of weaving together. Then we will make our own woven placemats out of bright paper to take home and use with our family! Watercolor Painting Learn to use watercolor paints to make a beautiful work of art that you can take home!

2 Grade 2 The Most Magnificent Thing Read a story about a girl who experiments and tinkers, and builds a MOST Magnificent Thing. Then use your own creative thinking and materials to create a magnificent thing, too! Yoga and Coloring - Relax and treat yourself to an hour of peaceful and relaxing yoga and another hour of creative coloring. Dream Catchers Learn about and make authentic Ojibwe dreamcatchers! We will learn the teachings behind the dreamcatchers, and why they are so sacred to the Ojibwe people. Shadow Puppets Make your own shadow puppet to tell a story. Share your stories with your puppet, and watch others student s puppet show, too! Rockets! Build a rocket out of paper and watch it fly in the sky. We will, weather allowing, take them outside and launch them using a two liter bottle as our fuel. Pioneer Days Do you ever wonder what life was like in the pioneer days? In this class we will make butter from scratch, sew a pillow, do some finger weaving, and make a pioneer toy. Illusions and Card Tricks! Come and learn how to amaze your family and friends! No experience necessary. Bubble colors, bubble windows, bubble walls and frozen bubbles Explore patterns of change by examining color changes and shape change in four experiments. This time we will play with bubble colors, making windows and walls with bubbles and FREEZING bubbles. Come play and learn with us! Jujitsu Come join us in learning about the martial art known as jiu-jitsu! In this class, you will work with jiu-jitsu masters from the Minnesota Kali Group. You will learn some basic jiu-jitsu moves as well as how to raise the safety awareness of yourself and your environment. The jiu-jitsu masters will also provide demonstrations for our students!

3 Grade 2 Continued Weaving Weaving is all around you, but you don t even notice! We will look at examples of weaving together. Then we will make our own woven placemats out of bright paper to take home and use with our family! Watercolor Painting Learn to use watercolor paints to make a beautiful work of art that you can take home! Heroes and Superheroes Explore your real life and imaginary heroes in this fun class! Bring any materials you have related to your heroes and superheroes (books, magazines, etc.) We explore, talk, write, watch, and draw.

4 Grade 3 The Most Magnificent Thing Read a story about a girl who experiments and tinkers, and builds a MOST Magnificent Thing. Then use your own creative thinking and materials to create a magnificent thing, too! Dream Catchers Learn about and make authentic Ojibwe dreamcatchers! We will learn the teachings behind the dreamcatchers, and why they are so sacred to the Ojibwe people. Shadow Puppets Make your own shadow puppet to tell a story. Share your stories with your puppet, and watch others student s puppet show, too! Rockets! Build a rocket out of paper and watch it fly in the sky. We will, weather allowing, take them outside and launch them using a two liter bottle as our fuel. Pioneer Days Do you ever wonder what life was like in the pioneer days? In this class we will make butter from scratch, sew a pillow, do some finger weaving, and make a pioneer toy. Illusions and Card Tricks! Come and learn how to amaze your family and friends! No experience necessary. Bubble colors, bubble windows, bubble walls and frozen bubbles Explore patterns of change by examining color changes and shape change in four experiments. This time we will play with bubble colors, making windows and walls with bubbles and FREEZING bubbles. Come play and learn with us! Explore painting on fabric, the batik way. Batik without hot wax or dye. Draw on cloth using the batik technique but safer materials. You will take home a 12" square piece of artwork in the ancient Indian style of Batik. Yoga Relax with some Downward Facing Dogs and Sun Salutations! Stretch out while learning yoga.

5 Grade 3 continued Origami Did you enjoy folding a Peace Crane? Learn more Origami! Jujitsu Come join us in learning about the martial art known as jiu-jitsu! In this class, you will work with jiu-jitsu masters from the Minnesota Kali Group. You will learn some basic jiu-jitsu moves as well as how to raise the safety awareness of yourself and your environment. The jiu-jitsu masters will also provide demonstrations for our students! Heroes and Superheroes Explore your real life and imaginary heroes in this fun class! Bring any materials you have related to your heroes and superheroes (books, magazines, etc.) We explore, talk, write, watch, and draw.

6 Grade 4 Dream Catchers Learn about and make authentic Ojibwe dreamcatchers! We will learn the teachings behind the dreamcatchers, and why they are so sacred to the Ojibwe people. Pioneer Days Do you ever wonder what life was like in the pioneer days? In this class we will make butter from scratch, sew a pillow, do some finger weaving, and make a pioneer toy. Illusions and Card Tricks! Come and learn how to amaze your family and friends! No experience necessary. Bubble colors, bubble windows, bubble walls and frozen bubbles Explore patterns of change by examining color changes and shape change in four experiments. This time we will play with bubble colors, making windows and walls with bubbles and FREEZING bubbles. Come play and learn with us! Explore painting on fabric, the batik way. Batik without hot wax or dye. Draw on cloth using the batik technique but safer materials. You will take home a 12" square piece of artwork in the ancient Indian style of Batik. Yoga Relax with some Downward Facing Dogs and Sun Salutations! Stretch out while learning yoga. Origami Did you enjoy folding a Peace Crane? Learn more Origami! Settlers of Catan Like board games? Come play Settlers! You trade resources with other players to build your civilization and get Victory Points. Sticky Bouquet! Turn duct tape into a beautiful flower!

7 Grade 4 Continued Blast Off! In this class we will plan, design, build, and test rockets. We will build 3 different types of rockets, including straw rockets, paper rockets, and water rockets. Time will be spent indoors and outdoors as we build and test our rockets. Heroes and Superheroes Explore your real life and imaginary heroes in this fun class! Bring any materials you have related to your heroes and superheroes (books, magazines, etc.) We explore, talk, write, watch, and draw.

8 Grade 5 Dream Catchers Learn about and make authentic Ojibwe dreamcatchers! We will learn the teachings behind the dreamcatchers, and why they are so sacred to the Ojibwe people. Bubble colors, bubble windows, bubble walls and frozen bubbles Explore patterns of change by examining color changes and shape change in four experiments. This time we will play with bubble colors, making windows and walls with bubbles and FREEZING bubbles. Come play and learn with us! Explore painting on fabric, the batik way. Batik without hot wax or dye. Draw on cloth using the batik technique but safer materials. You will take home a 12" square piece of artwork in the ancient Indian style of Batik. Settlers of Catan Like board games? Come play Settlers! You trade resources with other players to build your civilization and get Victory Points. Sticky Bouquet! Turn duct tape into a beautiful flower! Blast Off! In this class we will plan, design, build, and test rockets. We will build 3 different types of rockets, including straw rockets, paper rockets, and water rockets. Time will be spent indoors and outdoors as we build and test our rockets. Friendship Bracelets Learn to make these colorful and fun bracelets! Candles, Candles, Candles We will be making candles from scratch. We will make round candles, square candles, candles with ice, candles with sand, candles with glitter. (Note: the wax is black) You can bring small objects to put in the candle wax also.

9 Grade 5 continued Football Camp Football drills in all of the positions that will culminate in games. Songwriting Understand the parts of a song and learn to write your own! PuzzleMania! Work on jigsaw puzzles in small teams. Engineering for Girls This one is for girls only! Learn about engineering, what it is and what your future as an engineer could be. We will do a hands-on engineering activity.

10 Grade 6 Bubble colors, bubble windows, bubble walls and frozen bubbles Explore patterns of change by examining color changes and shape change in four experiments. This time we will play with bubble colors, making windows and walls with bubbles and FREEZING bubbles. Come play and learn with us! Explore painting on fabric, the batik way. Batik without hot wax or dye. Draw on cloth using the batik technique but safer materials. You will take home a 12" square piece of artwork in the ancient Indian style of Batik. Settlers of Catan Like board games? Come play Settlers! You trade resources with other players to build your civilization and get Victory Points. Sticky Bouquet! Turn duct tape into a beautiful flower! Blast Off! In this class we will plan, design, build, and test rockets. We will build 3 different types of rockets, including straw rockets, paper rockets, and water rockets. Time will be spent indoors and outdoors as we build and test our rockets. Friendship Bracelets Learn to make these colorful and fun bracelets! Candles, Candles, Candles We will be making candles from scratch. We will make round candles, square candles, candles with ice, candles with sand, candles with glitter. (Note: the wax is black) You can bring small objects to put in the candle wax also. Football Camp Football drills in all of the positions that will culminate in games. Songwriting Understand the parts of a song and learn to write your own. PuzzleMania! Work on jigsaw puzzles in small teams.

11 Grade 6 Continued Engineering for Girls This one is for girls only! Learn about engineering, what it is and what your future as an engineer could be. We will do a hands-on engineering activity.us National Parks, Board Games, and Hot Cocoa 1. For the first minutes, we will be using the ipads to explore the US National Parks. You could also share the places you have been or bring pictures. 2. We'll have a hot-cocoa break. 3. Games that I Have include: Monopoly, The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Game, Sorry, Scrabble, Risk, Chess, Checkers, Clue, Trouble, Scattergories, Taboo, Apples to Apples. OR BYOBG (Bring Your Own Board Game)

12 Grade 7 Explore painting on fabric, the batik way. Batik without hot wax or dye. Draw on cloth using the batik technique but safer materials. You will take home a 12" square piece of artwork in the ancient Indian style of Batik. Friendship Bracelets Learn to make these colorful and fun bracelets! Candles, Candles, Candles We will be making candles from scratch. We will make round candles, square candles, candles with ice, candles with sand, candles with glitter. (Note: the wax is black) You can bring small objects to put in the candle wax also. Football Camp Football drills in all of the positions that will culminate in games. Cake Decorating Come to a fun activity! We will learn how to take an ordinary cake and turn it into a Spring Bunny! Participants will sample this and take home cupcakes that they decorate. Teacher Helper Help out in one of the Options classes with younger students. Songwriting Understand the parts of a song and learn to write your own! PuzzleMania! Work on jigsaw puzzles in small teams.

13 Grade 7 Continued National Parks, Board Games, and Hot Cocoa 1. For the first minutes, we will be using the ipads to explore the US National Parks. You could also share the places you have been or bring pictures. 2. We'll have a hot-cocoa break. 3. Games that I Have include: Monopoly, The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Game, Sorry, Scrabble, Risk, Chess, Checkers, Clue, Trouble, Scattergories, Taboo, Apples to Apples. OR BYOBG (Bring Your Own Board Game) Engineering for Girls This one is for girls only! Learn about engineering, what it is and what your future as an engineer could be. We will do a hands-on engineering activity.