Kids U - Summer Camp

2009 was a great success, see you again in 2010!

Kids U is all about playing, learning, and growing! Our experienced staff is passionate about their crafts and can't wait to share the knowledge and fun with your child. Each class has one instructor and at least one assistant, so that your child will receive maximum attention. There are no more than ten children per class. All supplies provided!

Summer 2009 Dates

June 8 -- June 26 2009

Meet and Greet for registered campers will be on Thursday, June 4 from 7pm-7.45pm in Dobbins Hall at the front of the church.

Time

Half day camps from 9am to noon

Registration:

Registration begins March 16 2009 and ends May 15th 2009! Please click here to download the registration form as a PDF.

Availability:

All slots for 3-5 year olds have been filled! Plenty of space in both camps for 6-9 year olds!

Coordinators:

Tim Ellison & Cecily Stevens

Schedule

June 8-12 Culinary Arts
Textiles 123		 Ages 3*-5 and 6-9 $75
June 15-19 Science
Fine Arts		 Ages 3*-5 only $75
June 22-26 Science
Fine Arts		 Ages 6-9 only $75
* - Children age 2 may be admitted based on developmental level. All children at camp MUST be potty trained.

Course Descriptions

Textiles 123

3-5 YEARS

Kids will learn basic sewing terms and explore the world of handmade sewing through threading, weaving, and fiber arts. Projects include loop art, fabric dyeing and sewing card art.

6-10 YEARS

Students will learn the parts of the sewing machine; how to pin and cut fabric; how to read and assemble patterns; how to straight stitch, and pivot. Projects include a grocery tote, pillow, tie blanket and more.

Culinary Arts

This course provides students with hands on experience in the kitchen, focusing on kid-friendly recipes, including pizza and baked goods. Culinary Arts allows your young chef to showcase his or her artistic ability while creating edible masterpieces. This is a great course for kids who always want to "help" in the kitchen!

Science

This course will give kids the opportunity to make their very own discoveries of nature and the world around us, and hopefully find their own passion for science and discovery in the process.

3-5 YEARS

Children will explore how things grow and what makes them grow. We will also see how diverse the natural world is and just how different all the things that live and grow in our very own neighborhood can be.

6-9 YEARS

Children will take a microscopic look at things we see and use everyday like leaves and water and some of our own cells to see how different they look up close. We will also explore the nature of light and make some of our own equipment to see things that we might not normally be able to see. Finally, we will investigate some basic chemistry to see what happens when certain things get mixed together and the different forms that the same material (like water) can take. This last investigation just might include the making of ice cream!

Fine Arts

Fine Arts encompasses 3 components:

Introduction to Music: Students will explore music and movement through singing and musical games. This course will also incorporate rhythmic exploration using basic "instruments".

Creative Movement: Children have the freedom to express themselves creatively through music and movement in this class. Children will work towards developing motor skills, musicality, spatial awareness, and listening skills through the use of a variety of media including scarves, bean bags, and hula-hoops. Each class ends with a brief yoga session in which several child-friendly poses are introduced. The teacher will then read a story, and children will listen for and complete the poses they hear.

Visual Art FUNdamentals: Children will explore many different types of media and methods of art making. Basic art concepts will be introduced.

Meet the Kids U Faculty!

Annie Cripe-Drennan

Creative Movement

Annie Cripe-Drennan is the founder of Creative Learning Atlanta, and has been working with children ages newborn-14 as a nanny, summer camp counselor, preschool teacher, dance, and music instructor for the past 15 years. She began dancing at the age of 4 as a student of the Inland School of Dance in San Bernardino, CA and carried on through college where she studied ballet and jazz with the Agnes Scott College dance department while earning a Bachelor of Arts degree. Miss Annie also has a M.S. in Educational Psychology from Georgia State University where she focused her studies on the relationship between education in the arts and whole child development.

Lara Eastburn

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Lara Eastburn: coming soon!

Tim Ellison

Introduction to Music

Tim Ellison is a professional Music Educator serving in Georgia's school systems since 2004. He received undergraduate degrees from Liberty University in Religion and Theology, as well as a Music Education degree from and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He is currently planning to pursue his graduate degrees in Fall 2009. In addition to teaching, Tim currently serves as the music director for Epworth UMC. In his spare time, he thoroughly enjoys cooking and is a Food Network junkie!

Alexis Pelot

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Alexis Pelot started formally sewing in middle school at the KC School of the Arts. She continued in high school, taking clothing and tailoring courses and, in college, put her education to work as a costumer for Rockhurst University's theater department. She received her BA in Journalism from GSU and, for the past ten years, has worked in the film industry. She is currently a writer and mother of three and, though she now creates more with a pen than a needle, sewing still provides a great outlet for creativity.

Cecily Stevens

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Cecily Stevens has a BA in Studio Art from GSU and an MAT in Secondary Education from Western New Mexico University She is a stay-at-home mom and the director of Epworth's Parents Morning Out Program. Cecily has taught art to children in Pre K up to 5th grade, and English to 8th graders. Cecily has also worked as a cook for a Montessori school, preparing lunch for 60+ children! When not engaged in her regular duties as a mom, Cecily enjoys running, printmaking, and cooking.

Ashlee St. John

Science

Ashlee St. John came to Atlanta in 2003 to attend graduate school in chemistry at Georgia Tech. She began attending Epworth in 2005 and has enjoyed being a part of the Epworth community ever since. Ashlee graduated from Georgia Tech in the spring of 2008 with a Ph.D. in physical chemistry. Since then she has taken a postdoctoral research fellowship at Georgia Tech in a biophysical chemistry lab where she uses state of the art imaging techniques to watch the components inside living cells move and react in real time.

Mary Walker

Textiles 123

Mary Walker has lived in the Lake Claire community and has been a member of Epworth UMC for over 30 years. She is married with two grown children. She began sewing at age 16 in her high school home economics class. She made most of her clothes and has more recently developed interests in quilting and embroidery. She retired this past December and she is passionate about motherhood, sewing, gardening and nature.

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