Announcing our NEW PRESCHOOL, TODDLER, AND KindergARTen ENRICHMENT Programs for Fall!
DOWNLOAD OUR FALL 2010/2011 PROGRAMS BROCHURE HERE:
Preschool Program (3-5 year-olds)
Mon, Tue, Wed /9AM-Noon
Tuition: $250/month
Lead Teacher: Tina Ocheltree (see "Staff" for Bios)
Asst. Teacher: Johanna deVries
Toddler Program (2 year-olds)
Th/Fr/ 10AM-Noon
Tuition: $150/month
Lead Teacher: Tina Ocheltree
Asst Teacher: TBD
KindergARTen Enrichment :Beginning Fall 2010
Lead Teacher: Carisa Crosbie
KindergARTen Enrichment
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Bellingham Preschool of the Arts
Inspired by the boundless creative energy that all children innately have, we designed the KindergARTen Program to foster your child's academic skills through artistic creation. While exploring some of the "Great Artists" throughout history and many current children's authors, your child will be inspired to read more books, go to the library, visit museums,and view their world in a new way. Our goal is to encourage the "Great Artist" inside your child, while reinforcing the essential academic skills necessary for success in the classroom.
KindergARTen is dedicated to guiding your child in developing stronger communication skills and ways to express themselves. While maintaining our emphasis on art, your child's reading, writing and fine motor skills will be strengthened and refined.
Our daily schedule includes circle time, free play, a variety of art experiences and a healthy snack. Our program will often include experiences in culinary arts, poetry, yoga, singing, dancing and storytelling.
KindergARTen Curriculum
On Mondays, students will be learning about "Great Artists" like Picasso, Miro, Escher, Matisse, Seurat, Van Gogh, Pollock, Warhol, and Stella. Each week we will investigate a new artist and explore their style. Students will become familiar with these artist's pieces and acquire vocabulary terms such as Impressionist, Cubist, Surrealist, and Modern to describe them. Mimicking these artists' techniques, students will create their own personal masterpieces weekly, amassing a varied and impressive portfolio by year's end.
Tue/Thur and Wed/Fri students will have the opportunity to listen to stories written by the best children's authors and illustrators. We will conduct author studies on such notables as Leo Lionni, Eric Carle, Tomie dePaola, Lois Ehlert, Mem Fox, Denise Flemming and Ezra Jack Keats. Drawing inspiration from these magnificent authors, we will use collage, writing, drawing, and painting to create class and personal books. Students will have the opportunity to manipulate a range of mediums including paint, pastels, chalk, clay, and water color. Culinary arts, poetry, yoga, singing, dancing, and storytelling will also be woven into our learning. Our intimate class sizes will encourage your child to take an active role in guiding his or her own projects and establishing personal goals that will nurture their confidence and result in projects that reflect personal interests.
KindergARTen Schedule and Tuition
KindergARTen is designed for 5-6 year olds, and the schedule will complement the Bellingham Public School District's half time Kindergarten Schedule, as well as a homeschooling curriculum. The program is offered two days a week from 12:30-3:15, with Mondays being an optional third day .
SESSIONS:
Tuesday and Thursdays and optional every other Monday
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Wednesdays and Fridays and optional every other Monday
Tuition is $275/month for three days/week, and $250 for two days/week. A sibling discount of 10% is available for Bellingham Preschool of the Arts programs.
Space is limited for individualized attention.
CHECK OUT OUR SUMMER CAMPS FOR KINDERGARTENERS!
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Bellingham Preschool of the Arts Summer Camp Schedule:
Preschool Water Color & Play Ages 3-5 June 28-July 1 9-Noon $60/ 4 days Instructor: Tina Ocheltree
Toddler Water Color & Play Ages 2-3 July 2 only
10AM-Noon (* note time change!)
$20/ 1 day
Instructor: Tina Ocheltree
Course Description:
WATER COLOR & WATER PLAY!
Come join us for a week of water color painting experiences and all around wet fun to gear up for summer in the Pacific Northwest! We will look at famous artworks with a water or sealife theme to inspire our artistic expression, explore different kinds of water color paints and surfaces, sing songs about Belugas and Pirates, and even make a fish print! Our days will be full with free imaginative play and hands on activities surrounded by the world of color and water, balanced by times for circle, stories, active play and a healthy snack.
Visual Arts Ages 3-5 July 5-9 9-Noon $70/ 5 days
Instructor: Johanna deVries
Course Description:
There will be hands on creative expression inside and out. Learn about concepts in color and shapes concerning drawing and painting skills. Experience hands-on activities in sculpting and printing techniques, and some fun crafts in between. Learn about the
materials needed and used for creating art.
KINDERGARTEN CAMP: "GREAT ARTISTS" Ages 4-6
July 6-9 (Tues-Fri) 1-3PM 4days/$70
Instructor: Carisa Crosbie
Learn about "Great Artists" like Picasso, Miro, Escher, Matisse, Seurat, Van Gogh, Pollock, Warhol, and Stella. We will explore their style., and students will become familiar with these artist's pieces and acquire vocabulary terms such as Impressionist, Cubist, Surrealist, and Modern to describe them. Mimicking these artists' techniques, students will create their own personal masterpieces.
Art & Nature Ages 3-6 July 19-23 9-Noon $70/ 5 days Instructor:Tina Ocheltree
Course Description:
ART AND NATURE IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
This will be a week for preschool children to celebrate the peak of our NW summer. We will be making our own dream pillows filled with the essence of fresh cut lavender, pressing flowers, and learning about the plants and animals that share our summer paradise! We will also look at famous artists' works to see how they have represented the beauty of summer to inspire our painting and drawing times. Our days will be full with free imaginative play and hands on activities, balanced by times for circle, stories, active play and a healthy snack straight from our local farmer's markets!
Story Drama Ages 3.5-6 Aug 2-6 9-Noon $70/ 5 days Instructor: Jessika Houston
Course Description:
STORY DRAMA
Each day students will dive into the worlds of their favorite story books, problem solving as an ensemble and using their imaginations, bodies and voices to meet and play different characters.
Creative Drama Ages 3.5-6 Aug 9-13 9-Noon $70/ 5 days
Instructor: Jessika Houston
Course Description:
CREATIVE DRAMA:
Working as an ensemble and utilizing our bodies, voices and imaginations, we will travel to space and beyond meeting characters, problem solving, stimulating our senses, and having fun.
KINDERGARTEN CAMP: CHILDREN'S AUTHOR STUDY Ages 4-6
Aug 9-11 (M-W)/ 1-3PM 3days/$60
Instructor: Carisa Crosbie
We will conduct author studies on such notables as Leo Lionni, Eric Carle, Tomie dePaola, Lois Ehlert, Mem Fox, Denise Flemming and Ezra Jack Keats. Drawing inspiration from these magnificent authors, we will use collage, writing, drawing, and painting to create class and personal books.
Cooking Class Ages 2-5 Aug 16-18 10:30-11:30 $30/3 daysor $15/day
Instructor:Erin Willison
Description: In the Cooking Camp, children accompanied by an adult, will have opportunities make up to four different culinary delights during each session in the individual serving-size style. Ants on a Log, Fruit Kebabs, Tiny Tacos, Fruit Soup, Bagel Face, Hummus and Crackers, Egg Salad Dip, Tea for Two, and Banana Pudding are just a few of the healthy recipes we will explore.
This course is designed to be fun, as well as to build self confidence, independence, and fine motor skills in young children. Skills such as learning following a recipe (with words, numbers and images), prepares children for reading. Using an egg beater, strawberry huller, or whisk can help a child with fine motor coordination. Also, when children participate in cooking and preparing their own snacks, they are more likely to try new foods.
The Cooking Camp is designed for children, ages 2 years old and up, with an interest in food preparation and hands-on fun!
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Instructor Biographies:
Tina Ocheltree is a graduate of WWU with a degree in Art Education, and has been a teacher in Whatcom County for 24 years. She has taught in the Bellingham and Mt. Baker Public Schools, at Whatcom Hills Waldorf School, and Children's Co-Op Preschool, a Parent Education Program through Whatcom Community College. Tina will be our new Lead Preschool and Toddler Teacher at Bellingham Preschool of the Arts in the fall of 2010.
Johanna de Vries has 10 years experience teaching art enrichment in the public and private schools in Seatte and Bellingham. She holds and Associate in Fine Arts from Lower Columbia College and a Bachelor in Fine Arts From the Pacific Northwest College of Art.
Jessika Houston holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Cornish College of the Arts in Theatre and performing arts. Following her graduation from Cornish in 2007, she completed a teaching artist internship and apprenticeship at the Seattle Children's Theatre where she taught many classes for ages 3.5 - 17. She is thrilled to be a part of the art and teaching community in Bellingham.
Carisa Crosbie is K-8 certified. She received her B.A. from Western Washington University in Inter-disciplinary Child Development with an emphasis in Early Childhood Education and an endorsement in Psychology. She had taught Kindergarten and Kindergarten Enrichment at private schools in Bellingham and Guatemala. She believes that we are life long learners and enjoys learning along with her students. Carisa is our KindergARTen Enrichment instructor or Fall.
Erin Willison is a Montessori Certified teacher with a passion for kids in the kitchen! She is also the interim Director of Bellingham Preschool of the Arts.
Please fill out form below to register for Bellingham Preschool of The Arts Summer Camps. Please include the name of the Camp in "Comments" section. Upon receipt of a non-refundable $10 registration/supply fee, you will receive a confirmation email confirming your child's space in Summer Camp. Please make checks payable to :Bellingham Preschool of the Arts and write "Summer Camp" in memo. Send checks to BPOTA, 1059 N State St, Bellingham, WA 98225 Attn: Summer Camps. Thanks!
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