Today we celebrated Rosa Parks’ 107th birthday with a visit to the Carlsen Center at JCCC to watch a performance of “Walk On: The Story of Rosa Parks” presented by Mad River Theatre Works. We have attended a previous performance…
February’s Lego Club was full of heart, and full of towers too! For our theme build, we asked the kids to build something “in the heart of it all.” Once that was done, the kids worked as teams to build…
For this month’s meeting, we started out with mini builds for hearts, valentines, flowers, and Groundhog Day. From there, we moved on to one of our most popular challenges – Lego racers! Here are some of the creations the kids…
Our February meeting was a busy one, with all kinds of great creations made by the kids. We started with a mini build based off February holidays, such as Valentine’s Day, Presidents’ Day, Mardi Gras, Chinese New Year, Wild Bird…
On Thursday we celebrated Black History Month by attending a performance of African Culture Connection performed at Yardley Hall at Johnson County Community College as part of their Arts Education Series. The troupe is based out of Omaha, Nebraska, and…
On Tuesday we went to the Kauffman Center for a National Geographic lecture called “On the Trail of the Big Cats” given by famed wildlife photographer Steve Winter. Winter has been a photographer for National Geographic for over 25 years,…
On Thursday we enjoyed another afternoon of bowling at Park Lanes in Shawnee. The kids had a great time working on their bowling techniques, and the parents had fun too! Thanks to all who attended, and thanks to Park Lanes…
Today we attended the performance of “St. George and the Dragon” at Paul Mesner Puppets. This retelling of the children’s classic was lots of fun and full of the quirky humor and plot twists that are part of every Paul…
On Wednesday we had our Valentine’s party, and had a great time! The kids decorated valentine bags for gathering all the cards and treats and worked on crafts. There were all kinds of yummy treats, then we played games including…
Before the performance, as the orchestra was seating themselves On Tuesday we attended the 2016 KinderKonzert performance by the Kansas City Symphony. This year’s program was “The Remarkable Farkle McBride” and was focused on symphonic stories. The music performed,…
