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Both adults and kids can gain knowledge at The Com guest. Camp Discovery, for children in grades two through six, will take place You learn something Saturdays, 10-11:30 a.m. new every day, they say. in the After School Room. If you’re falling behind in The fee is $20 a week. Reglearning new things, as an istration is required. adult or a kid, the Abing• Tots and Toddlers tons area has a valuable Music classes are back. resource in the Waverly These six-week classes are Community House, a.k.a. 45 minutes in length. “The Com,” 1115 N. A class for infants and Abington Road in Wavertoddlers, ages 6 months to 5 ly. Here’s what’s on tap: Students at the Waverly Community House learn the fundamental elements of art years, will run on WednesFor adults days at 5:45 p.m. and Saturfrom instructor Alex MacNamara. • A three-part wellness days at 11:30 a.m. series with author, speaker and executive coach and older. “Foundation Drawing and Painting” A class for just toddlers (ages 3-5) will run Behnam Bakhshandeh, and advanced-practice is a class that explores the fundamental elements Fridays at 9:15 a.m. holistic nurse Dr. Mary Elaine Southard. Of- of art such as color, form, shape, value and texA class for infants and younger toddlers ficials say attendees will learn how to develop ture. Children will learn how to draw and paint (ages 6 months to 2 years) will run Fridays at from a still life, gesture poses and more experiawareness and maintain self-care practices and 10 a.m. disciplines that will energize positive changes by mental games and projects aimed to hone and Each week a different element of music is fine tune any skill level. making well-being a contagious practice. explored. Classes take place in the Scout Room The class will be taught by Alex MacNamara, The first class, “Wellness Through Mindand the fee is $55 for the six-week session. a ceramic artist with training in printmaking and Body Integration” is offered on Thursday, Jan. 28, • Designed to help hearing children com6:30-7:45 p.m. in the Constance Reynolds Belin sculpture. She is an artist in residence for Northmunicate using sign language, Sign and Sing eastern Educational Intermediate Unit 19. Room. Subsequent classes include “Anatomy of The ultimate goal of this class will be to train classes can help in developing communication Upset” on Thursday, Feb. 25, and “Healthy Nuskills with children. Appropriate for all begintrition” on Thursday, March 31. The February each student’s eye to draw and paint what they ners (no age limits). “Sign and Sing” classes are see rather than what they know or think they and March classes will also begin at 6:30 p.m. in part of the Beginning American Sign Language should see, ultimately bridging the gap between the Constance Reynolds Belin Room. (ASL) instruction for parents wishing to use three dimensional objects and two dimensional The classes are open to the public at no ASL to communicate with their hearing child. charge. For more information please call the renderings. The classes are offered on Saturdays at 9:30 The class will be held in the After School Comm office at 570-586-8191, Mary Elaine at a.m. in the After School Room and will run Room (Level 1), 4-5 p.m. The fee for the class is 570-604-2994 or Behnam Bakhshandeh at 570through Feb. 20. The cost is $65 for the six$60 which includes materials. 267-2406. week series and includes take home materials. Other classes have already begun, but you can For kids For more information and registration forms, “Art with Alex” returns to the Com for six still join in. visit the Comm’s website, waverlycomm.org, or • Camp Discovery, which will combine art, weeks beginning Thursday, Jan. 21, for ages 6 call the Comm office at 570-586-8191, ext. 2. music and more. Each class will feature a special by Christopher Cornell SUBURBAN EDITOR
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