Spring 2008 Class Schedule

TUESDAY Private Picassos Triangles, Squares and Circles, Oh My! 10-10:45am 11-11:45am 2-3 year olds Young artists will explore shapes, colors and strengthen their fine motor skills through a variety of 2 & 3 dimensional mediums. $200 for 10 week session | April 8 - June 10, 2008 Click here to register 12:30-3:30 | FREE play time - baby groups welcome WEDNESDAY Let's Dance Brooklyn! My Adult and Me 9:30-10:15am 10:30-11:15am walking thru 3 year olds This class offers children, parents and caregivers a chance to explore creative movement and music in a fun and friendly environment. A great intro to a group class. Class helps to develop motor, vocabulary and listening skills while being exposed to a variety of ethnic, classical, and folk music. Children get a chance to use scarves, ribbon wands and instruments to develop there imagination and creativity. Fun for the whole family. $275 for 12 week session | April 2 - May 21 | NO CLASS APRIL 23 Click here to register. noon-3:00 | FREE play time - baby groups welcome Private Picassos Zip, Zap Zoom: Comics for Kids 4:30 - 5:15 pm 5-7 year olds Budding comic artists and enthusiasts age 5-8 will learn the basics to creating their own comic book through hands on activities and explorations of contemporary comic artists. $200 for 10 week session | April 9 - June 11 Click here to register THURSDAY Musica Para Mi 10:30-11:15am infant thru 5 year olds Share the joy of music, dance, and the Spanish language with this amazing class. You and your little one will sing, dance, play percussion, and more, in a playful, supportive, total immersion environment. $180 for 9 week session | April 17 - June 12 Click here to register. Sign-a-Song 11:30 am-12:15pm 12:30-1:15pm infant thru 5 year olds At Sign-a-Song infants, toddlers and their caregivers, are introduced to American Sign Language through live original music, finger-moving songs, and activities. Sign-a-Song has been hailed as an innovative sign language experience. Classes are team-taught by Sign-a-Song founder Andrea Fixell, a certified teacher of the deaf with 15 years of signing experience, and Ted Stafford, a rockin' guitarist/songwriter. Ages 3 months to 3 years...and grownups of all ages. $250 for 10 week session | April 3 - June 12 | NO CLASS APRIL 24 Click here to register. Scroll down for classes at Still Hip. 1:30-5:00 | FREE play time - baby groups welcome FRIDAY Music for Aardvarks with Jen 10:00-10:45am 11:30 am-12:15pm infant thru 5 year olds Explore music through song & gesture, dance & movement, rhythm training, and instrument play; using original music that celebrates the lives of children growing up in an urban environment. $235 for 10 week session | April 18 - June 27 | NO CLASS APRIL 25 Click here to register. 12:30-5:00 | FREE play time - baby groups welcome SATURDAY Music for Aardvarks with Karen 10:00-10:45am infant thru 5 year olds Explore music through song & gesture, dance & movement, rhythm training, and instrument play; using original music that celebrates the lives of children growing up in an urban environment. $235 for 10 week session | April 19 - June 28 | NO CLASS APRIL 26 Click here to register. 11:30-5:00 | FREE play time - baby groups welcome Teachers Music for Aardvarks with Audra Tsanos Singer/songwriter and music educator Audra Tsanos has been rocking out with New York City families for the past eight years. AudraRox, her high-energy kid-rock band, is made up of six professional musicians, (mostly) moms and dads, who perform insightful, original songs that tackle everything from lost shoes and broken toys to sugar highs and short attention spans with a wry wit that appeals equally to children and their parents. Let's Dance Brooklyn with Dina Rivera Dina Rivera has been teaching dance and movement for 15 years in California and New York. She studied at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, Joffrey Ballet School and Ballet School NY. She has been a professional dancer and actor for more than 10 years and has performed in theatre and dance companies regionally and in New York City. She has taught at New York Theatre Ballet children's school, KINDERDANCE, KID'S CO-MOTION, and public schools in upstate New York. She is co- founder of Strange Sister Theatre Company. Musica Para Mi with Graciela Carriqui Graciela has been teaching young children since 1996 in various national children's programs, as a preschool, early grammar school music teacher, and choir director. She began Musica Para Mi in 1998, continuing her other teaching positions, and has focused primarily on her own program since 2003. She was recently awared the Internation School of Brooklyn's Community Excellence Award, in recognition of her pioneering work and commitment bilingualism and multiculturalism. She is also a singer and composer of contemporary Hispanic art songs, and is in the middle of completing a cd of her own compositions. Private Picassos with Valeen Parubchenko Valeen received her BFA/MS in Art and Design Education from Pratt Institute. She first started this program to offer the highest quality of arts education, making the arts a priority, rather than an afterthought. After working in a variety of educational settings, including early childhood education centers, museums and community centers, Valeen decided to branch out on her own and create a program that would help every artist, young and old, reach their full potential Sign-a-Song with Andrea Fixell and Ted Stafford Sign-a-Song has been hailed as an innovative sign language experience. Classes are team-taught by Sign-a-Song founder Andrea Fixell, a certified teacher of the deaf with 15 years of signing experience, and Ted Stafford, a rockin' guitarist/songwriter. Ages 3 months to 3 years...and grownups of all ages. Maitri Health with Laura Fischer-Harbage Laura Fischer-Harbage is a holistic nutritional counselor and the founder of Maitri Health, a private practice based in Fort Greene. Laura is a graduate of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, an affiliate of Columbia University. She specializes in child and family nutrition, as well as fertility and reproductive health. Laura has helped many families, including her own, to make better food choices and achieve their most vibrant state of health. Yoga with Kate Lynch Kate Lynch is a certified Kundalini Yoga, Radiant Child, Vinyasa Flow & Conscious Pregnancy Yoga teacher. Kate began Healthy Happy Yoga in 2002 to encourage awareness and inner peace. She was first introduced to yoga in her teens, and has been a disciplined practitioner since 1996. Committed to a lifetime of growth and service, Kate approaches teaching children with deep respect for the big souls in their little bodies. Her classes are nurturing, creative, challenging, friendly and fun. home what's Still Hip? got stuff? contact/directions marcie&gabby gossip mailing list links