Children's Program

NOTE: We will have a sign-in and sign-out sheet for children coming to this program, but we can't take responsibility for children coming and going freely from the children's room and program. We request that a qualified child-care person, age 14 or older, be with children 6 and under at all times, even while they are in the children's room unless prior arrangements have been made with Persis Thorndike, the program co-ordinator. Children 7 - 12 do not need a caregiver when they are in the children’s room, but should be accompanied by an adult or teen at all other times. The program schedule is subject to change. We can be flexible with these arrangements, so contact KidsActivities@learninginourownway.com with any questions or concerns you have.

If you wish, you can use our babysitting service, which is limited and must be booked in advance. The charge is $5/hour, with a 2 hour minimum. Babysitters are experienced teens or moms who will have no more than three children each to care for every two hours. Contact Babysitter@learninginourownway.com with questions or to reserve your time.

The program schedule is subject to change.

Friday evening reception: 4-8 pm

Masks, Wands, No-Sew Costume. Create a costume to wear in our talent show on Saturday night!

Apples to Apples games table.

Saturday

9-10 Build a Geodesic Structure. Come create your very own geodesic ball using interlocking geometric shapes, and learn some basics about geometry in the process.

10-11 Origami: Japanese paper folding

11-11:30 TBA

11:30-12:30 Story Telling & Magic

2-3 Steve Hammond, NASA Solar Systems Ambassador: Marvelous Moon Rocks: Use playdough moon rocks to learn how scientists study the real thing. We'll take sections, determine mineral content and show cooling and crystal size. What did we learn the real moon rocks? Where did the moon come from?

3-4 Higgins Armory Sword Guild demonstrations. Daggers and Shields and Swords, Oh My! Have at you! Witness the subtle skills of attack, parry, and grapple, as the combat arts of the sword and buckler, dagger, longsword, andsmallsword are brought to life from forgotten manuals in this presentation by the HASG.

4-5 Steve Hammond, NASA Solar Systems Ambassador: Build a Comet: Let's look at how NASA is exploring comets then see what they are made of by building our own.

5-5:30 Catapults: Early Rocket Science? You wanted something in space? Just throw it really hard. Build your own catapult and try your hand at launching things with a desktop medieval war machine.

Sunday

9-10 Castle Building: Use home-made "Play dough", paper tubes, and your imagination, to build alien castles, your fantasy castles

10-11:30 Performance Workshop Ages 7-12

11:30-12:30 Your Favorite Books. What's your favorite book this year? Come share your thoughts about your favorite books, and help create a Top 15 Kids Favorite Books list.

12: 30 Banquet. Children get picked up by parents.