We kicked off a new year with a fun Lego Club! For our mini build, we concentrated on winter, snow, ice, and the Winter Olympics. For our challenge build, the kids built skyscrapers. Here is some of what we built…
January 2018 Lego Club Creations
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December 2017 Game Club
We had another fun Game Club meeting in December! As usual, we had a variety of games for the kids (and parents!) to enjoy, and had a fun afternoon together. Here are some of the games that we played: Dr.…
Nutcracker 2017
We went to the Kauffman Center this week to watch this year’s student matinee of The Nutcracker, performed by the Kansas City Ballet. The kids enjoyed the choreography, the beautiful costumes, the wonderful music performed by the Kansas City Symphony,…
Snowy Day at Mesner Puppets
This week we visited Mesner Puppets for a show, Snowy Day, based on the books by Ezra Jack Keats. A long-time local favorite, Mesner Puppets put on a great show featuring the Peter character from the books, his dog, Willie,…
December 2017 Lego Club Creations
We celebrated December with Legos! We started our meeting with mini builds focused on toys, games, favorite books and movies, and snow! After we settled in, we focused on creating a winter-themed village and free building time. Here are some…
KC Rep Christmas Carol 2017
We kicked off the Christmas season by watching a performance of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol by KC Rep. We were excited to see world-class acting in a local setting. This year’s production brought in more special effects, changed to more…
Beyond Planet Earth
For our latest field trip, we explored outer space via the newest exhibit, Beyond Planet Earth, currently on display at Museum at Prairie Fire. This exhibit has all kinds of wonderful space items, as well as dioramas of potential space…
Picasso Faces and Masks at Nelson-Atkins
This week we explored the newest exhibit at Nelson-Atkins Museum, Through the Eyes of Picasso, then made our own masks in the Picasso Faces and Masks workshop in the educator center. Our morning at the museum began with a tour…
November 2017 Lego Club Creations
We kicked off November with a fun time building together! We started with mini builds about Thanksgiving, Pilgrims, leaves, and other late fall themes. Then we moved to our challenge build – Show Me the Inside. The kids were told…
New Dimensions Fall 2017
The tweens and teens in our group began the fall with a multiple day New Dimensions stop-motion animation workshop at Nelson-Atkins. They learned how to use stop-motion animation software, how to edit their shots, add music and dialogue, and create…