Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 08:39:14 -0500
From: Michele Nelson
Subject: Summer Fun, Art, Music & Enrichment for Your Kids!!
What will your child do this summer?
How about trying Woods Summer Wonders Day Camps?
Woods has a whole host of unique summer experiences for kids of all ages, even middle school and high school age!
The programs, listed below, are offered by teachers with many years experience teaching visual art, and music, to all levels of students: elementary, middle and high. These teachers have graduate degrees in their field, and they want to share their summer with YOUR child!
And Woods has a whole lot MORE to choose from!
*July 8-12:*
*Animation Fascination*
*teachers:* Michele Nelson and Sarah Cornette **
Did you like the movies The Fantastic Mr. Fox, or Paranorman? In this camp you will be making your own stop-motion animation film, the hottest retro movie trend. You will receive a free DVD of your movie at the end of camp.
Registration: $160
Ages: 6-12
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*Zombie Movie-Making!!!*
*teachers:* Michele Nelson and Sarah Cornette
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Be a zombie for the summer! Students will turn themselves into zombies through digitally manipulated photos, use stage make-up and costumes to turn into zombies and write and star IN A ZOMBIE MOVIE<http://music4education.com/>!!!!!!!
Students will receive a free DVD of their movie to keep.
Registration: $160
Ages: 11+
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*July 15-19*
*Zombie Soundtrack
**teacher: *Matthew Etherington
Zombies Part II <http://music4education.com/>: Following on from the zombie mayhem of the previous week’s Zombie Movie-Making Camp, we will be adding a creepy soundtrack to the original movie. No music skills required but ability to generate scary sounds is a must. Using GarageBand with instruments, microphones, special effects, and using live recording techniques, you will learn how to create your own creepy soundscape to
accompany the video. A vivid imagination and a strong stomach are required. Campers will receive a DVD of the finished movie + soundtrack.
Registration: $160
Ages: 11+
*July 22-26:*
*Fairies, Elves, and Trolls–Oh, My!*
*teachers:* Michele Nelson and Sarah Cornette**
Have you seen a fairy on the playground? A troll in the creek? We will explore the wildlings in the Woods in this indoor-outdoor art and play camp. We will revisit a few favorite activities, like building fairy houses and troll bridges, create silk fairy wings, and make troll faces so ugly they are cute. New activities include the game “Capture the Elf by his Bell,” making a mushroom forest for our Fantasy friends, and much more!
Registration: $185
Ages: 5-10
*Dragons, Unicorns, and Magical Creatures!*
*teachers:* Michele Nelson and Sarah Cornette**
Do you love magical creatures? Would you like to know how to create them? In this camp we will explore all kinds of magical creatures, using drawing, painting, sculpting, and all kinds of media. We will be inspired by art, stories, and short movies about fantasy creatures—prepare to be transported to magical worlds!
Registration: $160
Ages: 5-12
To register for these classes and more, go online to http://woodssummerwonders.com/classes.htm