Root Winter Clubs 2019

Wednesdays, February 13- March 20, from 4:15-5:30

Crafting the Zoo
Grades K-2
Kids, get ready to be innovative and creative! Lions, and tigers, and bears, polar bears, penguins, and walruses, owls and ostriches , Oh My!  In this club, we will craft a variety of zoo animals from recyclable materials after reading a book about that animal. Learn about upcycling through engaging arts and crafts activities. You will also learn, through literature, interesting facts about a variety of animals.  What is upcycling? Upcycling involves creative reuse and transformation of everyday discarded objects into creations of higher quality than they originally possessed! 

TEK Art Club

Build & Program with Lego WeDo
Grades K-3
Get started with some simple robotics with Ms. Dozier. If you love Legos then this is the club for you! You will have step-by-step building instruction guides to help you with your build. You will then use an easy drag and drop programming software to make your Lego creation move! Come explore Lego WeDo and see how fun and exciting learning robotics can be!
 
Kids and Clay
Grades 1-5
Students will explore, manipulate, and create a piece of ceramic artwork using techniques such as hand-building, coil building and glazing. Whether this is your first TEK Ceramic Art experience or you are a previous club member, you will be inspired by working on a new project. This session you will be designing, building and glazing a unique frog sitting on a lily pad. Come see how cool clay arts can be!
 
Chess Club
Grades 1-5
Come learn all about the exciting game of chess! This challenging game encourages problem solving and analytical skills, positive self-esteem, as well as verbal and memory reasoning. You will become a critical thinker as you learn the skills needed to play this fun, thought provoking game. Whether you are a beginner, an intermediate or an experienced chess player, you will have an amazing time all while sharpening your mind and competing with your friends!
 
Edible Structures
Grades 2-5
How cool would it be to build your own edible structures? In this club we will design and build marshmallow towers, jellybean bridges, cookie Eiffle Towers, edible buildings and much more! After we build, we will test our structures through team challenges.  Don’t miss out on this awesome opportunity to create and explore edible engineering!
 
Hot Off the Press
Grades 2-5
Help create the spring edition of the Root newspaper! Students will love this engaging and creative club as they plan and publish a school newspaper. Club members will become reporters, editors, and writers. They will have options to try creative writing, poetry, interviews, sports pieces and more. In addition to the writing, students will add artistic elements to the paper such as advertisements, illustrations, and photographs.  Come explore the exciting world of journalism while creating the Root newspaper we will share with the school!
 
Improv Games
Grades 2-5
Join us as we learn a variety or fun and silly games that will teach the fundamentals of Improv skills. Not only is Improv an exciting and fun way to develop important aspects of acting, but it also helps improve listening skills, problems solving skills, creativity skills, team work, risk taking and so much more! Don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity to work with one of our beloved play directors, Mrs. Koo!
 
Let’s Dance
Grades 2-5
Can you feel the beat? Do you love to learn dance routines? Join Ms. Fristoe and explore jazz dancing in this high energy, fun filled club. You will work on stretching, dance patterns, and learn a whole dance routine by the end of the club session. Each week, we will warm up with a series of stretches to get us ready to dance. We will then work on a few across the floor patterns before continuing work on our dance routine. Are you ready to put on your dancing shoes?

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