Elementary School Kids

Classes open to students entering 3rd grade through 5th (unless otherwise noted)

Welcome to Comedy

Categories: Elementary School Kids, Theatre, Week 3 (7/2-7/6)

Students will learn the secrets to performing comedy from timing, delivery, voice projection, and body language.  The comic actor must believe it and then the laughs will come. Students will experiment with different forms of comedy to include character comedy, prop comedy, improvisational comedy, and sketch comedy. Students will perform skits from well-known comedic movies [...]

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Undersea Exploration in our Yellow Submarine

Categories: Defies Categories, Elementary School Kids, Science, Week 1 (6/18 - 6/22)

As member of our crew you will be exploring the ocean’s depths through images, class discussions, and fun activities. Our voyage will take us from the surface to the sea floor where we will discover strange creatures and man’s curiosity about our watery world. Welcome Aboard!! Share on Facebook

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Discover Dance: The science behind the movement!

Categories: Dance, Elementary School Kids, Week 4 (7/9-7/13)

In this camp, participants will become dancing scientists!  Learners will discover not only some cool moves, but they will also investigate how to dance in a safe and injury-preventative manner.  This dance session incorporates science and discovery through kinesiology and an introduction to the bones and muscles in the body.  While learning how to move [...]

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A Day in the Life of Cab:Piano

Categories: Elementary School Kids, Instrumental, Week 1 (6/18 - 6/22)

Wonder what It is like to be a Piano major at Cab? In this week in the life of a piano student you will learn  the music of one of the greatest rock groups of all time. Thats right….John, Paul, Ringo, and George……The Beatles… songs like ”Let it Be”, “Yesterday”, “Eleanor Rigby” and so many more timeless hits. How [...]

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Let’s ROCK!!!!

Categories: Elementary School Kids, High School Kids, Instrumental, Middle School Kids, Week 2 (6/25 - 6/29)

Bring your favorite rock/pop music charts and learn how to improve them…through improvistioan, performance practice, exercises, and some personal creativity. Learn to make the music your own. Don’t know what you would like to play? Well, we know hundreds, maybe even thousands of songs. Together we will explore some of the music of the greatest [...]

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Keep It Moving…

Categories: Elementary School Kids, High School Kids, Instrumental, Middle School Kids, Week 3 (7/2-7/6)

Jazz, pop, rock, and classical music are ever changing, ever evolving, and never static. There is always room for improvisation, creativity, and improvement. On any given day, music can be played and performed differently. Learn how create variety and expression to your favorite songs and discover new ones, in the process. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Share on Facebook

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Kalmar Nyckel – Now and Then

Categories: Defies Categories, Elementary School Kids, Week 4 (7/9-7/13)

All hands on deck! Spend a week with a member of the crew to learn about  the ship and her crew as she was sailed in 1638 and today, 2012. Monday – We will create a Captain’s Log and begin an overview of the week. Tuesday – We will be at the Kalmar Nyckel Shipyard [...]

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Beginners Hip-Hop

Categories: Dance, Elementary School Kids, Week 2 (6/25 - 6/29)

This year we’re going back to the beginning. I’m ready to share my knowledge of Hip Hop and teach a variety of styles from grooving, popping/locking, breakdancing and many more! Throughout the week we will be learning about the average life of a professional Hip Hop dancer such as auditions, their “swag” and performing on [...]

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iLife Journaling

Categories: Apple, Elementary School Kids, Media and Communication Arts, Week 3 (7/2-7/6)

Who do you want to be? A super hero? An underwater explorer? Create your world the way you want it to be. Draw, make movies and music, take photos – be creative and have fun making a journal using Apple’s iLife software. Learn about Mac applications such as iPhoto, GarageBand and iMovie! Learn how to use [...]

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Renaissance journaling

Categories: Elementary School Kids, Media and Communication Arts, Visual Arts, Week 7 (7/30-8/3)

Who do you want to be? A superhero? An underwater diver in an ocean? An explorer? Learn iMovie, GarageBand and iPhoto. Take photos, draw, write and film video using what is available. This is about creativity. Then copy that content into iLife on a computer. This class is about more than computers though—it is also [...]

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Graffiti Art Journaling

Categories: Elementary School Kids, Middle School Kids, Visual Arts, Week 2 (6/25 - 6/29)

Come, express yourself and be happy. Join us in this exhilarating workshop and receive a sketchbook of your own to transform into an amazing personal art journal. The sketchbook is your blank canvas. Spread your wings and fill those pages with an abundance of art by using exciting techniques in this week long Artathon!  Enjoy [...]

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A Day in the Life of Cab: Communication Arts

Categories: Elementary School Kids, Media and Communication Arts, Week 1 (6/18 - 6/22)

In this week long camp, students will spend five days in the life of a Cab Major.  Areas covered will be Photography/Photo Editing, Digital Art and Graphic Design Basics, Media Literacy, Creative Writing, Script Writing, and Videography.  The course will conclude with a video production in combination with another camp. Share on Facebook

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Dancing like Royalty through the Renaissance

Categories: Dance, Elementary School Kids, Week 7 (7/30-8/3)

Journey to the past to learn dances of the Renaissance. We will be learning elements of  the Allemande, Galliard, and Pavane forms of dance. We will also be comparing Renaissance dance to some of today’s dance forms. Share on Facebook

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Music and Motion, the art of dance

Categories: Dance, Elementary School Kids, Week 3 (7/2-7/6)

Kinetic art….What better way to show Art through movement then dance? This week we will be working on various types of dance including ballet, Jazz, and Modern. The dancers will learn the how to connect emotions to dance. Share on Facebook

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A Day in the Life of Cab: Voice

Categories: Elementary School Kids, Week 1 (6/18 - 6/22)

Wonder what It is like to be a voice major at Cab? In this week in the life of a voice student, we will be working on basic vocal technique, sol fege, and beginner’s music theory preparing you to hold your own in a choir or as a solo singer. As well as gaining a [...]

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Clay, Clay and more Clay!

Categories: Elementary School Kids, Visual Arts, Week 5 (7/16-7/20)

Asian Culture is especially known for it’s fine artworks in clay. This week we will be learning about the Terracotta Army in China, and many more remarkable clay objects. We will be creating works in stoneware clay that will be fired in a kiln, as well as self-hardening clay. We will also be making clay [...]

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Seussical JR.

Categories: Dance, Elementary School Kids, Middle School Kids, Theatre, Week 6 (7/23-7/27), Week 7 (7/30-8/3)

The story centers around Horton the Elephant, who finds himself faced with a double challenge–not only must he protect his tiny friend  Jojo (and all the invisible Whos) from a world of naysayers and dangers, but he must guard an abandoned egg, left to his care by the irresponsible Mayzie La Bird. Although Horton faces [...]

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Sailing into Marine Art

Categories: Elementary School Kids, Visual Arts, Week 4 (7/9-7/13)

For centuries artists, mystified by the sea, have captured the visual effects of wind, drama of the waves and those who try to navigate it.  After studying works of art by such regional artists Howard Pyle, N.C. Wyeth, and Julian O. Davidson, we will draw and learn about ships first-hand at a visit to the [...]

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Art That Moves

Categories: Elementary School Kids, Visual Arts, Week 3 (7/2-7/6)

In Art That Moves, students will create two ‘kinetic’ works that involve movement and viewer participation.  First, through an exploration of modern art styles and a variety of medium (markers, watercolors, tempera paint and oil pastel) students will create pinwheels.  Next, the students will examine opposites to create their own agamograph by drawing two designs [...]

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Painting to the Tune of Art

Categories: Elementary School Kids, Visual Arts, Week 2 (6/25 - 6/29)

Classical and Kandinsky, Jazz and Romare Beardon, the Beatles and Peter Max; Music and Art go together like…peanut butter and jelly!  After experimenting in abstract, collage, and printmaking with artists of the past and their musical influences, students will paint their own masterpieces in response to what makes her/him ‘shuffle’ every day. Share on Facebook

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