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GSC's 2011 Fall Youth Acting Workshops

Heidi Dallin encourages students to develop their theater skill at the YAW

Gloucester Stage Youth Acting Workshops are a great place for kids to have fun and learn skills necessary in professional theatre! The workshops include basic acting techniques, theatre games, improvisation, movement, vocal and physical expression, non-verbal communication after physical expression, character study, storytelling, public speaking training, and a technical theater & stagecraft component. Full or partial scholarships are readily available!

When:

Saturdays 12-6 pm (multiple sessions)

Thursdays 4-6 pm(movement)

Location:

Gloucester Stage Company

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Vote to Help Rockport Elementary Win $25k

The proposed nature center will encourage learning by doing and responsibility

Jessica Kagle, founder of Kestrel Educational Adventures, has entered the Green Awards contest on behalf of Rockport Elementary School for an award of $25,000 that will put them on the road to designing and building a nature center in the school's new science room. You can vote once every day, and every vote increases the odds that this money will be awarded for this purpose.

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Thursday's Classes

When:

Thursdays 4-6 pm(movement)

Location:

Gloucester Stage Company

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Surfcasting Clinic

Crane's Beach in Ipswich is an excellent spot to try fishing in the surf.

Here's a great opportunity to hit the beach and learn a fun new skill with family members. There you can check out and try striper fishing in the surf. Area fishermen will be available Saturday mornings in June to teach the next generation of surfcasters the finer points of surfcasting at Crane Beach.

When:

Saturdays through August 27, 2011 @ 10am

Location:

Crane Beach on the Crane Estate

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Live Australian Animals

Take a trip Down Under with Creature Teachers and the likes of a cockatoo, kookaburra, wallaby, cuscus, woma python, blue-tongue skink, bearded dragon, a pair of White’s tree frogs and other animals not seen beyond the unique ecosystem of this island continent.

When:

Tuesday, July 26th, 10 AM

Location:

Sawyer Free Library

Gloucester

Library

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The Serpent Came to Gloucester

Ann McCrea Artist & Teacher will share the fascinating tale [amazon 9780763620387 inline] and then let the kids use their imagination to sculpt their own sea creatures from clay.

When:

Thursday, July 7, 2011 at 3pm

Location:

Amesbury Public Library

Amesbury

Library

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2011 Youth Acting Workshop Now Accepting Students

Heidi Dallin's Youth Acting Workshops at the Gloucester Stage Company are a fantastic introduction to theatre basics. Ms. Dallin's workshops are designed to provide young people who possess a variety of abilities and levels of interest, an outlet to develop self-confidence, communication and teamwork skills.

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The Kiwi Girl Studio Nurtures Your Child's Inner Music!

The Kiwi Girl offers classes, private lessons and entertainment for parties.

All children have an innate musical ability that needs a little nurturing to become a fun and educational source of entertainment. The Kiwi Girl has developed an active approach to teaching music through singing, movement and instrument playing. Her teaching-by-doing approach will help your child learn advanced musical concepts like rhythm, pitch and form, and kids will naturally progress to the point of having a desire to learn a musical instrument.

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April Vacation at Cape Ann Art Haven

Cape Ann Art Haven has a week full of fun activities planned for kids during April Vacation week. There are programs for all ages that will appeal to many styles of artistic expression. From Story Telling and Gardening day to a Girl's Overnight, there is certainly at least one program that your child will enjoy!

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A Sneak Peak at National Geographic Education

Get a sneak peak at National Geiographic Education's new Beta website.

Learning geography is sometimes difficult, but doing so sets a solid foundation on which to build an education rich with history, international relations, religious understanding, cultural empathy and philosophy. This seems to be National Geographic's motivation in their effort rebuilding National Geographic Education to create a wonderful resource for not only teachers and educators, but for students and parents as well. The site is still a beta version, but it's definitely worth a peak.