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Summer Programs 2006
Download the descriptions and registration form (but call to check availability before registering!). Two-Day ProgramsTrains - $50Dates: June 5th & 6th Description: Does your child love trains? Come and play trains with us. Your child will spend this time reading and singing about trains, making train puzzles, and building a giant train car out of a box. Also we will design and build a new train layout for the school to use next year in the classrooms. Nutfield Garden - $50Dates: June 8th & 9th Description: Prepare a garden for planting. Plant seeds and started plants. Water and weed the garden over the summer then harvest the produce in fall. Snack provided, bring lunch. Students will be working out side, wear play clothes and apply sunscreen/insect repellent at home. Stampin' for Father’s Day - $50Sorry; this session cancelled. Rainbows - $50Dates: June 14th & 15th Description: Discover a rainbow. Many objects shine the colors of a rainbow. Learn the colors of the rainbow. Please bring a clean white tee shirt on which to make a rainbow. Mud - $50Dates: June 20th & 21st Description: Come sing the glories of MUD, play with mud, make mud, paint with mud, explore the properties of mud! Great fun in the summer. Play in a Day & 1 - $50Dates: June 22nd & 23rd Description: Calling all thespians! In this program the children will design a set and costumes for a familiar story. They will practice the play and present it to the parents on the last day. Woodworking - $50Dates: June 26th & 27th Description: We will use simple tools (hand drill, hammer, saw, vice, screwdrivers, etc.) to create some wood projects, one of which will be a vehicle. The Senses - $50Sorry; this session cancelled. One-Day ProgramsHorsing Around - $35Date: June 6th Description: This program will be held at Greenwood Stables on 2 Frost Rd. in Derry. The children will learn the basics about horses, safety, how to clean a stall, what horses eat, equipment, basic parts of a horse, grooming and a ride of your own! The children will also make a horseshoe picture frames to take home. A liability waiver is required to participate (see Mrs. Gallagher) Dance/Music - $30Date: June 7th Description: Children will explore movement to a variety of music. They will be introduced to a variety of unusual rhythm instruments and they will make a rhythm instrument to take home. All students should wear sneakers. Lawn Ornaments - $30Date: June 16th Description: Children will make decorative yard ornaments, such as a garden stone, they will find a special rock to turn into a special rock critter for the garden and design a yard planter. Strawberry Picking - $35Date: June 19th(crop dependent) Description: We will meet at J&F Farm and children and parents will pick strawberries for 45 minutes to 1 hour. We will then go back to school, parents may leave while we make delicious strawberry treats with the children. A sweet time for all. Hike to Humphrey Playground - $30Date: June 28th Description: We will be making trail mix for our hike. Along the way we will be exploring with magnifying glasses, looking for vernal pools, listening and looking for wildlife. We will end with playground fun, including a scavenger hunt. All students should bring a backpack to carry their lunch in. Parents will pick their children up at the playground. Investigating Insects - $30Date: June 30th Description: We will be making bug catchers, searching for insects, creating some imaginative insects and singing about insects. Cooking for Kids - $35 (includes lunch)Date: June 29th Description: Children will choose a menu. Prepare the food. Cook the food. Learn about good nutrition. Eat the meal for lunch.
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This year our summer programs give you two different options: six two
day programs, and four one day programs. You may sign up for any combination
of programs. Enrollment is limited and will be on a first-come, first-serve
basis. Payment is due at registration. No refunds. We reserve the right
to cancel the program if enrollment is not sufficient in which case
refunds will be made. Snack is provided. Students bring lunch for all
but the cooking program.