Learn the fundamentals involved in creating your own 3D video game world! With a simple click and roll of a mouse wheel you can modify your world however you want. You will develop and storyboard your game design and learn to place animals, trees, characters and other items in your own virtual world. You will also learn the basic subsystems and scripting entailed in 3D game system. If you like 2-D, you will love 3-D! 2 students will work in a team. Receive a copy of your game and software after class ends.
Help children learn to appreciate all creatures great and small. Find out what it takes to care for different varieties of animals. We will do projects, read stories and play games that all revolve around the care of animals.
Join us for some underwater art adventures. You will be creating 3D art.
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Explore the Y'd world of arts and crafts! A different project each day! Use your imagination to create your own masterpieces! |
Come for a night of fun and relaxation after your first days of being back at school. We will unwind with a movie, games and a light snack.
Young artists will learn about the relationship between colors by creating a jumbo sized color wheel, while exploring different surfaces to paint on. Your children will learn about their favorite artists as well as proper brush techniques.
Join us as we shine the Bat light to summon directors, writers, creators and editors of our own movie productions. You will work in teams to create your own story and script. You will design your own backgrounds and use Batman figures as characters and film your movie using stop motion animation, add background noise and music, and show your movie at a private screening on the last day of class. How exciting it will be to see your final movie posted on the Computer Explorers YouTube channel to be viewed by friends and family near and far!
Children everywhere love to have fun! We will have a new activity Monday, Wednesday and Friday with arts & crafts, games/stories, and music/dance. Working out and need a fun alternative? This is your class.
This parent and tot program uses the creative movement and exploration concepts to involve you and your child in new learning experiences. Class includes circle time with songs and finger play, a guided introduction to new motor activities for your child, and free time to play with instruments, puppets and toys.
Join Neighborhood artist and long time YMCA member, Sally Speigel for this 7 week class introducing your child to the endless possibilities of collage. Sources of inspiration will include well known visual artists, stories, and everyday life. No prior experience in art is necessary, just a curiosity for collage making. Supplies will be provided.
This class is designed for your child to learn how to prepare some fun snacks that will keep them busy and their bellies full until dinner time. We will review nutritional information, discuss hygiene as well as proper preparation and clean up.
This class has it all! Come learn a little bit of sewing, Scrapbooking, knitting, and jewelry making. This is a great introduction class to try and find a hobby that can keep you busy for a lifetime.
Parents – Do you need a few hours to do some holiday shopping, run an errand or two or maybe lunch with your spouse or a friend?
Drop your children off and get those last minute errands done. Sign up for one or all!
Join us for some fun summer activities. We will go outside when we can and play at the playground and one day we will play in the little blow up pool. We will play some fun summer games and maybe even make some yummy summer snacks. Summer art projects will be a reminder of this amazing summer class!
Kids! This is an excuse to play with your food! This class uses food as our avenue for art! All crafts will be peanut free. Learn about nutrition and healthy snacks!
Let's get messy and build our wonderland of flowers, herbs and vegetables. Learn the basics of horticulture, kids will be able to water, germinate seeds, plant in pots, all here at your local YMCA.
This club is filled with activities just for girls! Girls will experience Scrapbooking, spa days, and arts and crafts! The girls will create fashionable art to wear and share with friends. Meet in the party room.
Try on your chef's hat in this fun kids' cooking class. Learn to cook fun and nutritious snacks. We will also be learning about good food choices, healthy living and how food fuels your body. Please alert the instructor to any food allergies.
Celebrate being a girl. This class is for girls to experience the girly things in life. Learn about nail and skin care, fancy restaurant etiquette, and other healthy tips that make it great to be a girl!
Wear your PJ's and bring your blanket or sleeping bag so you can snuggle down to watch a movie with your friends. Fun snacks will be served.
Lunch Time Wee Folks with Swim
Chrildren bring their lunch or a snack to eat for the first half hour and should come to class with thier suit on. After we eat we will do an art activity, go to the preschool gym and then finish out the day with a swim lesson. Parents will pick up their child at the pool deck when the class is over.
Ever have the perfect table top model but can't figure out how to paint it? Need to brush up on your painting skills? This class is just right for you. Master Class painting offers the more advanced painter new skills such as extreme edging, wet-blending, source lighting and how to paint non-metallic metals. Paint brushes and paint are provided. Participants need to bring their own models.
Join us as we go back to Medieval Times. Help us build castles, make crowns and tiaras, play some Medieval games and eat some medieval food and so much more. We will have a blast and may even learn a thing or two.
Need to get those pictures to memory? Try this easy scrapbooking out and learn to have fun with pictures. Must bring in your own scrapbooking pages. We have the stickers, you bring the pictures!
This is a beginner-intermediate level class designed to teach students how to use fundamental techniques in order to better paint models for any table top war-game. This class will teach students basic principles of painting, edging and how to use washes. Students will gain a better understanding of the principles behind painting "Heroic" scale models. Paint brushes and Paint will be provided. Participants need to bring their own models they are painting.
Join us for a fun workshop class with stations: Hair (learn to French braid), Jewelry (necklaces, earrings, and charms), Make-up, and Nails (fingers and toes). Each couple will work as a team to make memories. The workshop ends ith a red carpet fashion show so bring or wear an outfit that will WOW the crowd. make sure your camera is handy as you'll want to capture every moment! Light snacks will be served. Registration deadline is Thursday, May 10
Get ready for summer with our mother/daughter spa night! Come dressed in your favorite comfy clothes and relax as we enjoy facials, pedicures, manicures, and teach you how to create fun braids! The papaya facial mask will moisturize while participants design their own pair of flip flops. Your feet will be smooth and your hands will look freshly manicured, complete with your choice of nail polish. Each girl will receive a take home bag filled with spa goodies! Pizza will be served. Registration deadline is Wednesday, April 11.
Feathers, sponges, straws and noodles are just a few of the possible ways to paint. Come explore many different ways to paint and be creative.
Join us the first Friday of the month after family swim and hear a story and have a little snack. Come dressed in your pj's. This is free for members!
Create robots that rock and robots that roll! Using the Lego Wedo Robotics System your robots will include a monkey who plays a drum to a rock & roll beat, a lion that roars, a bird that flaps its wings to create a big wind, a sleeping giant who will awaken on your command and a boat that will rock on the rough seas. This course builds knowledge of simple machines, engineering, programming and teamwork in an environment full of Rockin' Fun! Student work in teams of 2.
From dinosaur finds to crazy concoctions, your child will expand his/her mind in a very scientific way.
Sculpture Creators will explore the basics of making 3-D works of art from different mediums from paper, plastic to clay. The creator will explore different forms of expression and art styles for creating their sculpture work of art.
Sitter On Saturday is designed to provide our families with a safe and fun environment for school-age children on Saturdays. Children will be supervised by certified staff with movies, toy time, swimming and much more. This is perfect for children that are under 9 and are unable to be in the facility unattended.
Make your own scrapbook, cards and 3D art projects in this new class taught by a Stampin' Up demonstrator. All materials and stamps will be provided. By the end of the session you will have made a scrapbook, some great cards and learned a fun new craft.
After stretching, jumping and basic tumbling, we tell a story, then act it out. WOW! We put everything we learn into action. What a great way to create a love for reading. The kids love it!
Students can enter the world of video game animation by creating characters that dance, sing and interact with one another. Add sound effects and music clips to create a dynamic video animation game using an innovative programming language created just for kids. Receive a copy of your game after class ends. You can even post your game online so that your friends, your parents, even your grandmother can play your video game! Creativity rules in this fun version of video game design! Students will work in teams of two.
Join our certified science staff in exploring the wacky world of science! Rockets, Oobleck, Slime, Crystals, Ice Cream ... we are making it all; and best of all, we clean up the mess!* (Children may have the option to bring in Science Fair projects to be worked on during class.)*All class materials included in fee. Supplies for Science Fair projects must be provided by child.
Got the winter time blues? Come on out for some games and a movie. We will play games in the preschool gym and then snuggle up in our sleeping bags and blankets to watch a kid friendly movie. We will have a light snack to go with our movie. Come dressed in your pajamas and bring a blanket or sleeping bag.
Come join us for a snowy winter afternoon. Make warm cookies and hot chocolate while enjoying sledding out on our hill. We will also venture out to local sledding hills. Afterwards take off your snow gear and enjoy swimming and rock climbing.
Get out your drawing pencils, chalk, paint brushes, clay and your imagination. This brand new program will help elementary age students have fun creating art in many different forms. You will experiment with many artistic techniques and create wonderful works of art. The session will end with an art show displaying all your great works!
Young Rembrandts offers an opportunity for your school age child to draw something new each week. Subject matter varies from week to week. The Young Rembrandts teaching method ensures success and understanding for each child. Pencil, markers, sharpie, and color pencil techniques are taught. Young Rembrandts will be running classes a little differently than before.