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Abington Friends Extended Day program is proud to announce that we have 2 enrichment courses specially designed for our youngest students during the upcoming winter and spring sessions.  Extended Day brochures and registration forms will be available this coming Friday at our Winter Program celebration.  Brochures and forms will also be sent home with children at the end of this week.  Please contact our Extended Day Coordinators should you have questions about any of these course offerings.

Christina Wagner
cwagner@abingtonfriends.net

3’s, 4’s and Kindergarten

Extended Day Coordinator

267-784-4083

Beverly Weems
bweems@abingtonfriends.net

Lower and Middle School

Extended Day Coordinator

215-837-9053

HOP, SKIP, and JUMP:

Creative Movement and Dance!

Grades: Early Childhood and Kindergarten

Winter: Thursdays, January 13 – March 6

Maximum: 10 students

Creative movement is an art for whose medium is the human body in motion.  In this class, children will learn to recognize their own individuality and body mobility through imitation and imagery.  We use fun, upbeat music to learn basic skills like hopping, skipping, jumping, galloping, and balance coordination. Students will also engage in dramatic music movement and learn introductory ballet steps.  These include plies, tendu, releve, arabesque, the five positions of the feet, and other introductory dance steps.  We use some props including dancing with scarves, spots on the floor to keep their places, and allow a short time for “free dance” where the little munchkins have the freedom to express themselves with their bodies.

Instructor:

Jasmine Zowniriw, Lower School Faculty

Fee: $140 – 8 Sessions   

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“Little Chefs”

Grades: Early Childhood and Kindergarten

Spring: Tuesdays, April 7 – May 26

Maximum: 8 students

Tie on your apron and get ready to transform into a little chef! Baking and creating with numbers, colors, patterns and shapes, children will have the chance to explore different simple baking techniques while using their creativity along the way. Get ready for a fun, (a little bit messy), hands-on and tasty adventure through food!

Instructor: Jaime Katz, Lower School Faculty

Fee:  $140 plus a $10 material fee = $150 – 8 Sessions

Castles, Reports, and More

A couple of friends shared their reports today. The Owls learned about the Gong and Xylophone.

Fact: The center of the gong is called the boss.

The Catbirds let us borrow their gong so we could listen and feel the vibrations it makes.

Fact: The xylophone is a part of the percussion family.

During choice, friends built castles out of magnatiles and used their imaginations in the dollhouse.

The drawing table is always a hit! Friends are adding more and more details to their works each day.

Some Owls played "teacher."

Others worked together to solve puzzles.

The Owls are working on a TOP SECRET project. Soon to be revealed.

Ask your Owl what it felt like when we rang the gong.

A Day in Pictures

Owl Days

After music rehearsal this morning, the Owls came back to the classroom for Morning Meeting and Research Report presentations. 

Fact: Cymbals are made of gold.

Fact: Piccolo is the Italian word for little.

After sharing reports, friends went into choice where they chose between books, dollhouse, magnatiles, drawing and coloring, instruments, and roll the dye.

Keeping the beat on the bongos.

Andrea visited our classroom today, and read some books with friends.

Say "CHEESE" for the camera.

Shaking the maracas.

Some friends played a math game called Role the Dye. First, you role the dye, then depending on what number it lands on, use the curves and lines to make the number.

The snow made outdoor play extra special today.

Some friends made "marshmallows" that they put on Christina's hood. Other friends made miniature snowballs.

During read aloud, Danielle read The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig.

Ask your Owl what the Three Little Wolves built their houses of