Fairy magic is real. Let’s help support the fairy population by making them warm winter houses. We’ll use all the bits of nature we can find to craft a house, plus a collaborative project – a fairy garden somewhere on the property in Indian Hills. Bring nature elements that your kids have found. Sticks, rocks, …
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AR – October 4: Sensory Play
This week, we’re playing with all things squishy, slimy, and dough-y. If you have a 6-inch deep clean plastic bin for play, please bring it to house your sensory activity of choice, plus the tools + toys your kids like to use with it. Ideas, anyone? I know it sometimes seems like baby stuff, but …
AR – September 27: LARPing
LARP stands for live action role play. We are going to pick and choose from this wide world. We’ll build a story, weaponry, and then define terms for battle play. If your kids are super into it, there can be roles assigned and costumes – whatever, as far as they want to go. Here’s a …
IH – September 22: Papier-Mache
An accessible goal? Haha – reference It’s mess week! We’re doing papier-mache, using the basic paper-glue concoction to craft masks. Annie is buying a stack of masks for us to use, so bring cash to reimburse her. (Maybe $3-5/kid? Price tbd…). We need newspaper for this project! We’ll also need cardboard for building out the …
AR – September 20: Tie-Dye Week + Animal Children
Yep, we’re dyeing a bunch of stuff. I bought these dyes, see photo, for $50. That’s about $3/kid, and the labels say we can dye over 100 items – or 5-6 things per kid. I also have a tub of rubber bands and some popsicle sticks. Here’s a tutorial with 17 tie-dye patterns. Read up …
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IH – September 15: Motors + Loose Parts
We’re all about Rube Goldberg basics. This week we’ll explore simple machines or setting up reactions with whatever loose parts we can assemble. We’re looking, in particular, for rope, marbles, pulleys, wheels, battery-run motors + misc pieces for building/exploring motion physics (see link, link). Side note: this OK GO! video is awesome and showcases a TON …
AR – September 13: Water, Water, Everywhere
Yep, we’re doing water again before the weather turns to legit fall. Bring water balloons, water guns, tubs for water, water chalk AND (plot twist) water colors – those are just for painting. All of the water things in one day. And maybe a change of clothes? Also, here’s our semester schedule for the Monday …
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IH – September 8: Leaf Rubbings + Object Stencils
This week we’ll make some artwork using nature elements we find onsite. Leaf, bark + rock rubbings are only part of what we can make using textures + natural objects. Crushed berries or mud mixed with water make “paints,” too. We’ll generally explore the intersection of art and nature with any objects we find and …
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IH – September 1: Forest Games + Foraging
IH = Indian Hills. This week our semester begins, and that means two locations. Please read carefully to ensure you’re going to the right place on the right day with the right stuff. Welcome to fall semester in Indian Hills! Let’s warm up with some Forest Games. If anyone has a copy of Forest School, …
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AR – August 30: Among Us IRL
AR = Arvada. This week our semester begins, and that means two locations. Please read carefully to ensure you’re going to the right place on the right day with the right stuff. MAMA PLANNING MEETING. It’s a new semester, so let’s dig in! I’ll have the list of kids’ interests and we can loosely pair/assign …
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